otter reintroduction uk

Conchurl

hey i have been asked to find a bit of info on the reintroduction of otters in the uk by, he said he saw a program about it on bbc or itv before but cant remember when or what it was called. if any of ye could point me in the right direction id be delighted any info on them or there reintroduction would be great.

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Conchurl wrote: »

hey i have been asked to find a bit of info on the reintroduction of otters in the uk by, he said he saw a program about it on bbc or itv before but cant remember when or what it was called. if any of ye could point me in the right direction id be delighted any info on them or there reintroduction would be great.

Are you sure it was Otters, as they are certainly in every county of England.

Are you thinking of the Beaver reintroduction?

magicbastarder

if it was beavers, the reintroduction was featured a few weeks ago on hugh fearnley whittingstall's 'hugh's wild west', on BBC.

Conchurl

Natalie Embarrassed Beachcomber wrote: »

Are you sure it was Otters, as they are certainly in every county of England.

Are you thinking of the Beaver reintroduction?

he loves otters and is 100% sure it was otters but it could have been a program on the beavers and he could have spotted an otter somewhere.

could ye point me in the right direction so i can find all the benefits of having otters on rivers?

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Conchurl wrote: »

he loves otters and is 100% sure it was otters but it could have been a program on the beavers and he could have spotted an otter somewhere.

could ye point me in the right direction so i can find all the benefits of having otters on rivers?

Is this for a child or an adult? There are loads of good books and sites on otters for all ages or level of knowledge..

As for the benefits; it's an odd way to put it. They are one of our few native mammals and a sign of a healthy ecosystem. What benefit is having a blackbird in a hedgerow?

Conchurl

Natalie Embarrassed Beachcomber wrote: »

Is this for a child or an adult? There are loads of good books and sites on otters for all ages or level of knowledge..

As for the benefits; it's an odd way to put it. They are one of our few native mammals and a sign of a healthy ecosystem. What benefit is having a blackbird in a hedgerow?

its for an adult he is nearly 60, he says the big benefit is that an otter will keep mink numbers down along the river, but put me in search of finding more benefits

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Conchurl wrote: »

its for an adult he is nearly 60, he says the big benefit is that an otter will keep mink numbers down along the river, but put me in search of finding more benefits

There does appear to be a correlation between increased Otter numbers in an area and reduced mink numbers. Of course anglers will tell you there's also a reduction in the numbers of decent sized fish in the rivers.

Conchurl

Natalie Embarrassed Beachcomber wrote: »

There does appear to be a correlation between increased Otter numbers in an area and reduced mink numbers. Of course anglers will tell you there's also a reduction in the numbers of decent sized fish in the rivers.

ya from my looking around i have seen that alright, could you point me towards one of the sites that has info on otter you mentioned a few posts back

Tigerandahalf

A bit on it here. Google is handy.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40048762