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Dog otter out and about at strumpshaw with his son....

juvenile dog otter

Digiscoped video still (17th july, 2012). Is this the Dog Otter?

That's what nearly 30 wildlife experts and a few hundred reserve visitors identified at Strumpshaw Fen during our week long Bioblitz which ended yesterday. The provisional total species count includes 345 vascular plants, 208 moths, 76 birds, 70 beetles, 59 true flies, 53 fungi and lichens, 51...

Taken from the Reception Hide

This otter was being hassled by Black headed gulls to leave the fen by Tower Hide. It was crossing the path from the sluice to the River when I saw it and this was the best of the 4 shots I managed to take.

We have had several reported sightings of one of our resident otter bitches being seen with two cubs! The dog otter has also been seen prowling his territory and generally keeping an eye on things while his lovely otter wife is teaching the pups how to survive in the wild. Our otters are part of...

otter to the left of reception hide

otter right in front of reception hide

Just a quick blog from me today. I wanted to share the precious moments I have had here at Strumpshaw over the past few weeks. The first was a young boy who arrived with his parents with £25 clutched in his little hand. It was the money he had got for his 9th birthday and he was here to spend...