Otter - At last!
I went to Low Barns early this morning. There was a heavy frost and all the lakes had a thin covering of ice.
I went to the river Wear at the west end of the reserve. Looking upstream where there is a deep pool I saw some splashing about 70m away which through the binoculars turned out to be an otter chasing a large fish which it eventually caught.
Fortunately it swam downstream and pulled the fish out about 25m away and started to eat it. I watched it for about 10 minutes until eventually I crept too close and the otter (and the fish) disappeared into the pool.
The fish which I think was a large sea trout was as big as the otter.
I went to the river Wear at the west end of the reserve. Looking upstream where there is a deep pool I saw some splashing about 70m away which through the binoculars turned out to be an otter chasing a large fish which it eventually caught.
Fortunately it swam downstream and pulled the fish out about 25m away and started to eat it. I watched it for about 10 minutes until eventually I crept too close and the otter (and the fish) disappeared into the pool.
The fish which I think was a large sea trout was as big as the otter.
posted by David R at 12:33 pm
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