Most engaging otters and kids.

The attached YouTube clip represents just one of the vast and varied ways that Tom Clarke, (our Wild about Weymouth and Portland (WAWAP) Project Officer) is using his brief to engage the local community in wildlife and the outdoors. Many talks, walks, events have been staged (and much watercress soup consumed along the way…), all in the name of community inclusion - and much more is to follow.

We are fortunate to have otters on Radipole as they possess a charisma all their own which can ensnare the imagination of young and old alike and fuel a lifetime’s passion for wild spaces and the plants and animals which inhabit them.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLq23947rM4

To my mind the clip captures beautifully the wonder of youth and, just maybe, will represent the first tiny welly-boot steps into the vast, rewarding world of wildlife watching?

Many thanks to Sally Abbot who made the film on behalf of WAWAP; Tom for arranging the event and Rachel Janes at DWT for the provision of otter props.