Otters

Ah! a break in the weather gives us an opportunity to visit Peak Wildlife Park to see the new compound for the Otters.  They have been moved from an old indoor compound to an outside area with trees and two ponds.

These are Asian Short-Clawed Otters and they tend to live in small family groups.  Like all otters they are excellent swimmers.

They are seldom alone for any length of time and are watching out for each other.  The new compound is quite large and it allows them to behave more naturally in the environment.

They are quite fast on land and move in coherent groups with ease....

....displaying social grooming and contact behaviour with other individuals in the group.

However, these are captive bread individuals and they know when feeding time is close.  They whistle profusely to hurry up the keepers to deliver their dinner!

I could not miss a chance to snap a Brown Lemur investigating a tree.

And equally, an Arctic Fox investigating a keepers barrow during improvements to their own compound.  What a joyful visit.