Sunday, 25 September 2011

Otters everywhere

The otters in Knoydart are very active right now. We see them quite a lot on the shore in front of the house. Best times to see them seem to be on a falling tide.

There's a very active sprainting site just two minutes from my house. Spraint is otter poo, in case you were wondering. They use it to mark their territory and let other otters know that they have been passing. They tend to use the same prominent spots such as rocks just above the high water mark and grassy banks. The spraint acts as a natural fertiliser which causes the vegetation to grow much greener than the surrounding area. So it's very easy to find an active sprainting site.

I set my Bushnell camera trap up next to this one and got plenty of shots. This was the best of the bunch.