Drivers on one of South Bristol's busiest roads are being urged to slow down and look out for otters - amid fears a fledgling population living nearby could be wiped out before they get established.
Wildlife experts and local residents have been left distraught after the second road death of an otter in the past year or 18 months was discovered on Hartcliffe Way, the main road that connects Bedminster with Hartcliffe - at a spot where otters were only discovered in the past couple of years.
The Greater Bristol Otter Group worked with the local Friends of Crox Bottom during 2021 to gather the surprising evidence that otters were living on the Pigeonhouse Stream, a fairly small river that flows from Imperial Park in Hartcliffe down to join the River Malago at the bottom of the Western Slopes between Bedminster and Knowle West.
