Otter sightings - PTES 96 Discussion 97 Otters and fisheries 108 Priorities for future action 112 Conclusions 114 ... and by the mid 1970s the UK otter population had been reduced to a point where they only existed in Scotland, parts of Wales and the West Country with a few remnant populations in other parts of England.

WWT is one of the world's largest and most respected wetland conservation organisations working globally to safeguard and improve wetlands for wildlife and people. The months since my last blog have been full of ups and downs. UK National Tree Seed Project (2018-20) Quinag Wildlife Project (2020) Sounds of Nature Project (2020) Young Wildcats; Articles & News; Events; Links; Otter July 2nd 2020. single animal, Bay of Stoer (DAH/Charlotte Newell) Report a Sighting. Salisbury City Council says its volunteer was "surprised" to see the animal casually wandering around but … A CCTV operator in Salisbury has come across a rather unusual sighting. An otter has been caught on camera strolling down the city centre!

And he believes the sighting of the otters can be considered a "success story" for an animal whose numbers suffered a rapid decline in numbers from the 1950s to the 1970s. Otter populations have recovered to the extent that the last National Otter Survey 2009-10 found signs of otters in nearly all of the sites looked at in Devon. The Otter is a European protected species and is afforded protection under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010. Further sightings in West Sussex are just as exciting.

adult male on bird feeder in Badnaban garden (Dave Bird) (03/07) Wood Tiger moth. The news of confirmed sightings back in East Sussex is however one of the best pieces of wildlife news possible. Founded in the UK in 1946 by the late Sir Peter Scott, today we complement wetland conservation work carried out worldwide with a network of UK visitor centres comprising 2,600 hectares of globally important wetland habitat. Recent Sightings Reed Bunting. Otters are considered to be present on each of the county’s main watercourses with most if not all available territories occupied. Otters can be found on the main rivers and tributaries; all canals; at Pant-y-Sais Fen and in coastal salt marsh areas in Neath Port Talbot. There was the promise of an increase in Otter sightings from late Summer through to Autumn, The Crowhurst Otter hounds hunted the otter to extinction in Sussex in the 1930’s It is possible a few were missed but they were decimated long before pollution issues of the 2nd half of the 20th century.