Otters in 2026

When this blog started it was mainly to document the local water voles (more on them in a later post), but within 12 months it became obvious that the return of otters to the Ock would be become a major source of interest, firstly with finding of spraints:

https://viewsoftheock.blogspot.com/2010/02/in-search-of-otters.html

And observing the remains of one of their favourite foods - signal crayfish: 

https://viewsoftheock.blogspot.com/2010/08/crayfish-murders-another-victim.html

But the thought of actually seeing one, let alone getting photographs seemed impossible, but 2011 proved be a year of extraordinary encounters:

https://viewsoftheock.blogspot.com/2011/05/otters.html

https://viewsoftheock.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-of-year-2011.html

Yet 14 years later, the otters are still residing in the Ock and still eating crayfish:

As otters live for at about 3 years, this could be signs of the great great great grandchild glimpsed all those years ago.