Tagged with: Otters
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Otter rescued with prawns returned to wild
James McLaren
RSPCA has released details of an otter successfully released back into the wild a year after being discovered in an emaciated state and rescued with a bag of prawns. The six-month old female was weak and undernourished when Moira Banks came across her in her home in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. ...
Feeling a bit ropey
Martin Aaron
Good news for the reds on Anglesey as specially designed rope bridges are being proposed to help prevent the squirrels from becoming road kill. A red squirrel by Alan Burfitt: The technique has already been used successfully elsewhere and it's hoped that this will allow the squirrels t...
Lakeside news from Vyrnwy
Martin Aaron
RSPB warden - Sioned Jones has been in touch to give us an update on life from the Lake Vyrnwy reserve in Mid Wales. April was buzzing with lambing season in full swing on the farm and over 200 adults and children passing through the farm gates to meet the new arrivals. Field teacher, J...
Otter videos of the week!
Martin Aaron
'Rosepix' from our Flickr group sent in two lovely video clips of an otter hunting and swimming along, totally unperturbed. "My batteries ran out as it got near! My worst photographic nightmare, but I managed to get the other set in, just before it swam past."
Pull the otter one
Martin Aaron
Did you know that an otter can roam for up to 40 km each night? It can make tracking them quite a challenge, but fortunately for us they leave a tell tale smell...in the form of spraints. If you live in NE Wales, there's an otter awareness course happening tomorrow near Wrexham between 10am and 2pm. Otter facts on BBC Wales Nature Otter video clips on BBC Wales Nature Gull
Why I'm 'quackers' for mallards
Jody Bourton
This week, Nature's Top 40, continues its countdown to the UK's number one wildlife spectacle. Wildlife experts have been ranking suggestions from the public in order to compile a list of Britain's most amazing natural sights and sounds - and this got me thinking about what I might pick as m...
Otters are chart toppers
Jody Bourton
This week I heard on the grapevine that otters had been voted Britain's favourite mammal, straight in at number one.
Rivers in flood
Jody Bourton
Rain, rain, rain, it's been non-stop. The rivers are in spate and are full to the brim, which is relatively unusual for the height of summer.
Slow worm rescue
Jody Bourton
Sometimes when you're looking for one type of animal another pops up out of nowhere.
