Do Not Mess With Fish 111,

and you though fish were fun! I guess many people have heard of urban magpie and the urban fox, now stand by for the most remarkable example yet of wildlife moving into our towns and cities – the urban otter, the animals have now been seen in 100 urban centres, including cities that are, on the face of it, some of Britain's least wildlife-friendly and most industrialised places, such as Birmingham, Leeds, Bristol, Newcastle upon Tyne, Glasgow and Cardiff,

but this spread of otters does have its downside, Kevin Mann, 48, lost his entire stock of 17 koi carp in just three weeks after otters raided his garden in Barford, near Norwich, Norfolk, Mr Mann, a curtain fitter, said: ‘I’d hand-reared these fish, some of which were 23 years old, I’m heartbroken', the couple added that they knew of three other victims in their area – and the Angling Trust warned that the pattern is being repeated across the UK,'

the otters have been caught in the act as above by Wild Places, part of the Wildlife Trusts, which has installed cameras at locations across the country, project officer Kenny Crooks said: ‘Whether you’re a fishery owner or a pond keeper, it’s vital that you erect fencing now - these camera images are proof of that, our observations have shown that putting up deterrents like fencing is an effective way of keeping the otters away,'

of course seeing reports like this one from last month I wonder how many koi can a family of otters eat? or perhaps in this case it was an urban heron?