TWIST OF FATE

A twist of fate which really summed up sunday having spent early morning birding with martyn we spent most of it at stodmarsh on the main lake,with sue heading down to marsh hide martyn and i parted company and planned to meet on the ramp later on,,so i headed off on the river walk and stopping at the back end of the lake with dave feast and finding two more garganey

i was soon stomping along the river bank head towards the ramp then soon noticed i had lost my end cap of my new scope GUTTED so i retraced my steps and finding at the jungle,i soon got a text from martyn that him and sue are heading to where i had the two garganey,so i said i meet at basil bench,with this we was soon looking at two that turned into 3 garganey,then martyn noticed some ripples in the dyke and we was soon staring in disbelief at two OTTERS swimming down the dyke

we have seen them many times before but not two so a quick grab of the camera i rattle some shots off not the best as the light was pants,so today i had a message and call from steve the natural england manager to give us permission to post photos of the otters thanks very much,there is no need to come off any of the paths at all for the otters as you have good views from the paths,it you stand still and do not spook them you getting cracking views as we have over the years we have kept quiet for a very long time but now we can share with the blessing of reserve THE OTTER COMES FIRST AND NOT THE PHOTO PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB THEM AND KEEP YOUR DISTANCE PLEASE as we have this great opportunity for them to be back in kent and my local path

so PLEASE RESPECT  THESE WONDERFUL MAMMALS AND ENJOY THE PLEASURE WE HAVE HAD OVER THE YEARS