The dog otter has been a regular on the cameras, coming by at least every couple of nights, always in the dark. This is a favourite scent-marking spot.
The cameras didn't see any sign of the mother and cubs for two or three weeks after my last otter post but they have been back regularly in recent days. The cubs are probably 8-9 months old and are more or less full grown. In the next video the mother brought the cubs down for a sniff around but they then came back up the bank.
The dog otter and the others don't interact (on the cameras at least) but they keep track of each other by scent marking. The next time the dog otter came down the bank and left his scent mark before slipping into the water. The female followed a couple of hours later with one cub lagging behind as usual. The first cub was interested in the scent but the others not so.
And here are two more example of similar activity at the same spot.
Otters are very tolerant of my cameras, usually ignoring them but this time the dog came over to check it was mine, as did his cousin.
Finally a couple of recent daytime sightings of the otter family but in not very good light.
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