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Two otters have been seen in Kent, signalling their return to every English county following efforts to save them from extinction.
Kent was the only county found without otters in a survey of rivers across England carried out by the Environment Agency (EA) last year.
Since then at least two otters have been spotted, with holts on the Medway and Eden rivers, the EA said.
A survey on the Ribble in Lancashire showed a 44% increase since 2008.
Otter numbers fell as a result of toxic pesticides, which damaged their health and reduced their supplies of fish. They had almost disappeared from England by the 1970s.
More:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14557381
Well that is welcome news as spent many a happy day as a child by the rivers watching these fellows.
Kent was the only county found without otters in a survey of rivers across England carried out by the Environment Agency (EA) last year.
Since then at least two otters have been spotted, with holts on the Medway and Eden rivers, the EA said.
A survey on the Ribble in Lancashire showed a 44% increase since 2008.
Otter numbers fell as a result of toxic pesticides, which damaged their health and reduced their supplies of fish. They had almost disappeared from England by the 1970s.
More:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14557381
Well that is welcome news as spent many a happy day as a child by the rivers watching these fellows.