Hairy Hubby and I walked Action Dog down to The Broad today. Himself wanted to have a look off the bridge for pike. We think there was one lying there but it zoomed off in a cloud of mud as we approached. More stealth needed next time!
As we got near the bridge (before the pike) I noticed that the gulls on the other side of the road were going mad circling and the ducks were all making a racket and sploshing about. I assumed that someone was feeding them. Wrong. When we crossed the road there was a fisherman in waders standing up to his thighs in the water. Why do they do that when there is a perfectly good platform to stand on. I will never understand the logic. Anyway, Hairy Hubby asked the man if he had caught anything and he said no and doubted that he would because an Otter had just gone through. That was what all the commotion had been about. Oh bum I missed it!
If you want to see Otter, then head for Strumpshaw and put in a few hours in either the Brick Hide or the Fen Hide. Dad sees them there on most visits these days!
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