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Today we had great fun and games on the croft. We wanted to try and get some video film of Shannon and Holly so Paul came up with me to feed. But they took one look at him and disappeared into the pool! Usually it is just me who goes up to feed them – we do this because they can get used to me but they aren’t used to people in general which keeps them wild for release. Although it was great to see that they didn’t like other people it meant that we didn’t manage to get any film!
Paul left and so I waited for a while to see if I could get any still photos. It is still really cold here and half of the pool is frozen so I really wanted to get some pictures of them of them on the ice. After a while heads started to appear from under the overhang of the pond and once they realised it was just me they started to get a bit braver. Shannon is much more outgoing than Holly and she soon started to come out to see if there was any food.
I must admit it made me shudder seeing them playing in the water with big lumps of ice, but their fur is good and they didn't seem to mind. Finally Shannon climbed out on to the ice and there was a lot of slipping and sliding! So I did finally manage to get a few photos – hope you like this one.
Today I looked into the sleeping box of Holly and Shannon and was amazed to see a great heap of soft rush and grass which they have dragged in. It is great to see this natural behaviour of collecting bedding and I can just imagine them running around busily doing it - it would be great to watch.
AND finally we have some beautiful winter's weather with clear blue skies and the ground is all frozen. I'm sure the otters will be taking time off from their hectic housekeeping to play on the ice!