What a year it has been. The best yet in seven years of following my local otters with trail cameras. Selecting my favourite videos of the year has been very difficult.
2025 started with the mother otter and her two male cubs, then about six months old. They grew rapidly and were soon bigger than she was. These are my two favourite memories.
The cubs were with their mother on 2nd May and by the 4th they were gone and she was courting. The courtship went on for weeks, much longer than I have read about in the books but seems to have gone to plan. The three new cubs were born in July and first appeared on camera in November, at about four months of age.
They will be with their mother until late spring and at the moment they are appearing on camera several times a week. Here are three recent favourites.
The otters have been dominating the blog recently so expect more videos in the coming weeks. Happy New Year.
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