MIK 4,756 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 If the little fella snuffs it my mates ferrets would love some seafood ..lol Dont do it Mik .........seriously pm me if it doesnt make it and the little guy can live forever Only joking mate ....it didn't seem injured ..must of just got blown in land ..filled it's belly full of minced sea trout ...got some heat in its bones and took it down to a sheltered bit of sea and let it go this afternoon ....spoke to a lad today that heard someone had found one about 15 miles inland yesterday while shooting pheasants .... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,796 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 All the antis would rather save an otter and cull the anglers lolololololol. To protect their wildlife, I hope the otter agrees to protect the fish stocks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
treecreeper 1,136 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 The rspb uses otters in the adverts to top the coffers up, but at the same time fit "preditor" fencing around their lake to stop them eating the ground nesting birds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,756 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-35244344 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,601 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Think ive posted this up before but this is a big old beast my mate found run over. The golden retriever is a big dog so you can see how big the otter was. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bobo 135 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 I have hunted ,shot,snared,Lamped,dug,and trapped the immediate ground around this village for many years and have never seen signs of otter on it ....then the night of the worst floods in living memory while coming back from lamping I find on dead on the road at 2am is why I conclude the floods had caused this .....with the utter devastation and sheer magnitude of water I doubt there were many creatures worried about who's territory they were on that night but we're just concerned about getting away from it and surviving . No this otter would not of been staying on this burn there would be no food source what so ever it is just drainage from arable land . I can guarentee you that on the hill where there are hundreds of small burns running into the main river they travel up them at night hunting then will dop back down the main river early morning to holt up I'd believe that about any other animal besides an otter to be honest,why would an animal that spends or 90% of its life near water be panicked by a sudden increase in water,I'm with Darcy on this one. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 20,611 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) Floods and warm temperatures are both triggers for pike to move up the feeder stream and spawn.. Could the pike be tricked into a early spawn and could the otters be on the move looking for them? They seem to have a taste for them. Edited January 7, 2016 by kanny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,756 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) I have hunted ,shot,snared,Lamped,dug,and trapped the immediate ground around this village for many years and have never seen signs of otter on it ....then the night of the worst floods in living memory while coming back from lamping I find on dead on the road at 2am is why I conclude the floods had caused this .....with the utter devastation and sheer magnitude of water I doubt there were many creatures worried about who's territory they were on that night but we're just concerned about getting away from it and surviving . No this otter would not of been staying on this burn there would be no food source what so ever it is just drainage from arable land . I can guarentee you that on the hill where there are hundreds of small burns running into the main river they travel up them at night hunting then will dop back down the main river early morning to holt up I'd believe that about any other animal besides an otter to be honest,why would an animal that spends or 90% of its life near water be panicked by a sudden increase in water,I'm with Darcy on this one. That's up to you lad but I know of 4 different otters in the area around the north Esk that have been seen killed on the roads which is a bit coincidental when we have had the worst floods in living memory and I would imagine old slippery would spend more than -90% near water Edited January 8, 2016 by MIK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,756 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 A fish is in the river 100% of the time but I'm sure they have also been affected by the floods 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,756 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 (edited) Here's another animal that spends a lot of time in the water and was found on st Cyrus beach this morning about a mile from where I found the dead otter ....if hurricane Frank can put a leather back turtle on the east coast of Scotland I'm sure it can affect the usual behaviour of Harry Potter Edited January 8, 2016 by MIK 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,601 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 They're a fair old size arnt they ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bobo 135 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 F**k me,we've got our own resident otter expert here! Going out your way abit Mik to get your point across eh. The one thing we do all need to agree on is that none of us actually have a clue why that otter was where he was. Only he knew that and unfortunately that info died with him. Now as the dragons say,I don't see how this topic can go any further and quite frankly it's boring me so for that reason,I'm out!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,756 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 I have never said I'm an expert .....no need to get your knickers in a twist lad ....it's Friday ffs ....chill out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,756 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 They're a fair old size arnt they ? A couple,of mates helped get it off the beach and said it was a fair lump of an animal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
perthshire keeper 1,239 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 They're a fair old size arnt they ? A couple,of mates helped get it off the beach and said it was a fair lump of an animal rimmer caught on of them in a net on the cumbrian coast in 2012...massive things 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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