If you have seen an otter recently, or signs of their presence, the National Parks and Wildlife Service want to know about it.
The NPWS is launching a new National Otter Survey to collect otter records from right across the country. The new survey will map otters and compare results to the last survey, carried out in 2010-11.
Members of the public are asked to keep their eyes peeled for otters and to get involved in this national survey by adding their sightings to the survey results. NPWS teams, which have teamed up with researchers in Queen’s University Belfast and the National Biodiversity Data Centre, will be looking for characteristic signs of otters at over 900 sites throughout the country, including rivers, lakes and the coast.
