I have had up to five cameras set to watch the otters in the past month but of course they catch anything else going by. Birds that have triggered the cameras on this small path include robin, wren, moorhen, water rail, redwing, song thrush, blackbird, mute swan, jay, magpie and sparrowhawk. Mammals other than otters have been roe deer, red fox, badger, brown rat, bank vole and wood mouse. Here they are in descending order of size.
On one occasion the otter sniffed the air, decided not to come out of the water, and swam off. Moments later a fox came by so the otter may have smelt it and chosen to avoid it. The video also shows well the relative size of an otter and a fox.
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