Otterly brilliant!

After hearing about Otter sightings a couple of months ago.I finally saw a pair the other day but didn't have time for a snap before they dived. This morning I met a chap on his way back down the slope from the reserve proper, who said that following a tip from Chris Hearn, the NRW warden, he'd just seen one up on R4. I walked up the slope to the first screen and the sun was shining directly behind R8 making it virtually impossible to see what was on the lagoon. However by squinting and using the slats in the fence as a shield I saw the unmistakeable shape of an Otter breaking the water. Only 'record shots' but so chuffed to have caught it at last. This means that the Otters have  recently been sighted on R4, R6 and R8.

Map of the reed beds and lagoons courtesy of Nigel (Barman58)