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OTTERS in Ireland

311 · 2007-01-30 08:54:42

Are there otters in Ireland and if so ,where would you most likely see them? Thanks, Brian.

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#122 18-05-2012 12:41am
Birdnuts

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canaridmr wrote: »

hello I am naturalist from France
and try to see otters
I visit clew bay some years ago with a great succes
what is the situation now
and have you some news about moy river

Should still be plenty of Otters in those parts

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#123 29-01-2013 11:11pm
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I get the occasional one or 2 passing through. I often go a year or more without seeing one.
Don't think I saw one in garden in 2012, but sure saw one today, feasting on my stash of frogs!
Check out my post in video thread

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#124 30-01-2013 10:02am
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Has that river begun to recover yet? Did they find the source of the fishkill?

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#125 22-01-2015 9:17pm
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I regularly walk a dog along the Owenass IN Mountmellick town centre and we regularly spot an otter fishing. Directly under the N80 bridge! The river is full of trout and is a very fast mountain river, coming off the Slieve Blooms.

But with the amount of trash that the local trash throw into the poor river, its a wonder that an urban otter hangs around. Situation not helped by populist councillors placing a kids' park on the site of the old library; with a lethal river (when in flood) running alongside it and gated onto it! Its also an amenity area. So it ends up being a drinking spot in a Gardai-less town at night.

The funniest part is, I'm walking a male Westie! An otter hunter Most of the time he's oblivious to the otter but sometimes he picks up the scent.

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#126 25-01-2015 12:13am
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Had a glimpse of an Otter today in the ENCR Wicklow.

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#127 12-02-2015 10:29am
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Saw one in the Liffey this morning at Wood Quay

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#128 20-02-2015 12:00am
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I saw one about 20 years ago here in NW kildare, there was crows attacking it as it walked through bogland, but from what I can remember it was 3 or 4 times bigger than normal. When I saw them on tv I thought they looked smaller... this one was about 4-5 feet long and fairly big bodied too. I remember thinking it was bigger than me ( at the time). Weird or not?

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#129 09-05-2016 10:01pm
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2 otters spotted today in cork city the walk along mardyke park. Mother and pup both with white stripe on back.

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