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Lovely shot Jenny, I bet he moved off pretty quickly once he spotted you.
Dave.
Thanks Dave, he didn’t seem that pushed to be honest, I watched him for
about 15 mins and he was just swimming around and doing what comes
naturally :D he then disappeared into a water tunnel. As far as I know there is no exit
from the tunnel and I waited about 20 mins but he never reappeared. There was also
A Dipper that had a nest in the tunnel, when the adults went in to feed the young
The noise of them was unreal! The tunnel was acting likes megaphone :lol:peewee3ie wrote:
Nice shot Jenny. Looks like you where standing right beside him/her.
Thanks Tony, not quite, up a lot higher and looking down on him.
Thanks Padraig, I will but I was reading that they can have a very large territory,
Up to 40km for males and 20km for females! Seems a huge area and if true would
Mean that I was just very lucky to see it at all” :DNice find Jenny. Check for tracks, spraints and slides near the edge of the water & you could be lucky enough to meet it or a family member again.
Thanks miki, will do, that would be great to see a family! Is this the time of year for
Young?Otters are non-seasonal breeders so they could have young anytime. I rekon that if food is plentiful locally, there’s a good chance that they will stay in the general area. As they are mainly nocturnal hunters, dawn or dusk are probably the best times to find them.
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