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alan whittington
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I have just returned from a two week family holiday at Christchurch,Dorset,you know the routine,out doing family things during the day,slipping away in the evenings for a bit of fishing and peace and quiet,this year i had a slightly different experience,during the first week i saw lines of bubbles hurtling upstream against strong flows and strange noises when darkness neared,but on the second week i actually saw the culprits,otters,fleeting glimpses at first,but on the penultimate night of my break one had the gall to swim past 8m away just watching me before diving and leaving that tell tale trail of those bubbles,then on the last night i sat fishing opposite a line of trees on the caravan park stetch,when the water rocked by the trees,then the culprit appeared a 4-4.5 foot long 'dog' otter,this was at 7.20pm with kids playing in the park directly behind me,then it got more amazing,lots of the noises i'd heard previously started opposite,but also upstream,another angler who was chatting to me stolled up and called me to look and sure enough there were three more otters swimming in mid-river,but not only that,on the far bank there were signs of two others.What chance do our rivers stand against such an onslought and also,so much for the 5km required as territory for a pair,the bailiffs (one of which an old friend)tell me that it is estimated that around thirty animals are within 5-6kms of the park.
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