They can be quite fierce. I found two males having a fight, on was wounded so it moved it away and put it on a soft bed but it died. Sometimes they make nests in people's lofts and make a heck of a racket at night! Especially in mating and having babies seasons.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Mine was coastal otters Hosta - is that OK? (same species but they have the whole sea to play and fish in).
Inland otters got into a neighbours pond a few weeks back and did similar damage - so I know they can be a pest from that point of view. She had some nice footage of the culprits taken with an infra red camera tho'..
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Bro has just lost some carp from his pond to otters teaching their youngsters to fish - but there's a whole river, some marshes and a decoy pond full of fish - they can share them
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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This is our local dormouse
Awwwwwwwwww!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
They can be quite fierce. I found two males having a fight, on was wounded so it moved it away and put it on a soft bed but it died. Sometimes they make nests in people's lofts and make a heck of a racket at night! Especially in mating and having babies seasons.
Reminds me of some neighbours I used to have BL ....
Sorry
. Get me coat ....
Cute pic though.
Deffo NOT the otter for me.
One of the critters got into my pond, ate all my fish, ( non native ) and ruined all my water lilies.
Mine was coastal otters Hosta - is that OK? (same species but they have the whole sea to play and fish in).
Inland otters got into a neighbours pond a few weeks back and did similar damage - so I know they can be a pest from that point of view. She had some nice footage of the culprits taken with an infra red camera tho'..
Bro has just lost some carp from his pond to otters teaching their youngsters to fish - but there's a whole river, some marshes and a decoy pond full of fish - they can share them
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
to be honest, I was more upset about the lilies.
But there must have been baby fish as the pond is pretty full again after 18 months.