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Rob R



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York
PostPosted: Tue May 27, 14 5:02 pm    Post subject: More otter action... Reply with quote
    

...in the LDV

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes
PostPosted: Tue May 27, 14 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

good work ,otters are ace critters and even though they eat fish and phibs they are great for birds as they wont tolerate mink

if the salmon run is a success they will have a wonderful place to live on the ldnr and surrounding areas

Woo



Joined: 19 Sep 2011
Posts: 787
Location: Mayenne, Pays de Loire
PostPosted: Tue May 27, 14 8:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Awwwww!
sorry, just love them.
wonderful work.
thank you for sharing the article.

Nature'sgrafter



Joined: 22 Feb 2012
Posts: 527
Location: Sanday , Orkney
PostPosted: Tue May 27, 14 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Lovely article otters are great I do stop and watch every time they run up the verge outside my living room window or play in the bay

Hairyloon



Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
PostPosted: Tue May 27, 14 8:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Is 'otter action a consequence of global warmin'?

crofter



Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 2252

PostPosted: Tue May 27, 14 10:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
they are great for birds


I'm not so sure...



https://robbiesnorthernexposures.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/icey-days.html

Rob R



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York
PostPosted: Tue May 27, 14 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Unfortunately they are a bit rarer in this part of the world, but the combination of the work of the wildlife trusts and English Nature, the Environment Agency and farmers, the water quality has improved greatly and the reserve is flourishing.

Woo



Joined: 19 Sep 2011
Posts: 787
Location: Mayenne, Pays de Loire
PostPosted: Wed May 28, 14 7:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nature'sgrafter wrote:
Lovely article otters are great I do stop and watch every time they run up the verge outside my living room window or play in the bay


Now that children, is boasting!!!

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes
PostPosted: Wed May 28, 14 7:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

otters do eat the odd bird but mink eliminate ground nesters very effectively by egg raiding.the mink i found along the trout river i knew very well did for every duck nest 3 yrs running.

Mistress Rose



Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15539

PostPosted: Wed May 28, 14 8:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

After having passed it for years, we finally went to Winchester City Mill a few weeks ago. The otters go through there on the River Itchen and they have set up cameras under the mill in the mill race. They had problems this winter though as the cameras got under water. Surprisingly the otters seem completely happy passing through a busy city.

Must be lovely to see otters in your garden, but then you probably don't get some wildlife we get Nature's Grafter.

Nature'sgrafter



Joined: 22 Feb 2012
Posts: 527
Location: Sanday , Orkney
PostPosted: Wed May 28, 14 4:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I know it was boasting couldn't help as I know how lucky I am to live hear, and yes there is some nature from down south I miss.

Rob R



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York
PostPosted: Wed May 28, 14 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nature'sgrafter wrote:
I know it was boasting couldn't help as I know how lucky I am to live hear, and yes there is some nature from down south I miss.


Well, I live 30 mins away from a Lidl, so there

Mistress Rose



Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15539

PostPosted: Thu May 29, 14 7:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Is that wildlife?

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