Otters and Yorkshire wildlife delights – Yorkshire Post Letters

From: Ian Richardson, Railway Street, Beverley.
By YP Letters
Published 8th Nov 2020, 16:27 BST
An adorable image of an otter.An adorable image of an otter.
An adorable image of an otter.

ON a day when the troubled politics of the USA and the pandemic almost everywhere, dominated the media, how refreshing to read the delightful piece on Yorkshire otters by Roger Ratcliffe (The Yorkshire Post, November 4).

Like him I have found this most beguiling of mammals elusive, despite over 40 years of wanderings all over the Broad Acres. My only sighting in the wild came on the Shetland Islands, a magical moment that will live long in the memory.

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I have had to content myself with slightly less elusive, but still thrilling wildlife encounters in our own county – kingfishers on Beverley Beck, the spectacular seal colony at Ranvenscar and the soaring red kites of Millington Dale, being three very recent joys.

This atmospheric picture captures an otter club following its mother along the misty shoreline of Loch Etive, Argyll and Bute, at first light.This atmospheric picture captures an otter club following its mother along the misty shoreline of Loch Etive, Argyll and Bute, at first light.
This atmospheric picture captures an otter club following its mother along the misty shoreline of Loch Etive, Argyll and Bute, at first light.

So thank you, Roger. Even this graduate and former teacher of politics can get too much of Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Brexit, but never enough of the joys of our countryside and wildlife.

From: Peter Hyde, Driffield.

ONCE again Autumnwatch was spoiled by the presenters talking too much and not enough sightings of wildlife.

For the first 15 minutes, we had 10 minutes of presenters and five of animals and birds. I have now given up watching in disgust.

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