Baby foxes have made a family’s garden their playground, visiting twice a day to play with a ball outside their home.

Mirna Shah, of Swiss Avenue, Watford, first noticed the cubs three weeks ago when she was looking out at her lawn.

The 49-year-old mother said: “I first spotted the mum and her two babies a few weeks ago, I was like, wow - they’re just so gorgeous. And now another baby has joined them.

“When I saw them feeding from the mother fox I was so amazed – I’ve never seen anything like that before.

“They like to come and play in the garden every morning and night. They play with a ball that’s out there, and then the babies get frightened by the ball and run away.

“They’re so playful. My family and I don’t want to name them in case we get too attached.”

The admin assistant, who lives with her husband Raj, 51, and her two sons, Sayan, 19, and Kian, 16, said foxes and badgers are no stranger to the garden living so close to Cassiobury Park, but said she’s never had pups visit before.