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30/05/2010 OTTERLY MAD WEEK 2010 - 30 May-5 June
Now's the time for you all to get thinking about what you might do to get involved and help in fundraising and raising awareness of otters.
Get together with family and friends and come up with some fun ideas to help the otters. There's no limit on imagination or age!
We want to know what you're going to be doing and will put it on the website.
17/05/2010 2010 HOLIDAY PROGRAMME

Below you will find the dates and prices for the courses being run in 2010. For more information please contact us:

Become an Otter Detective: 17-22 May - £340

Otters, Wildlife & Heritage of Skye & Raasay: 14-19 June - £370

Otters, Wildlife & Heritage of Skye: 12-17 July - £350 (FULLY BOOKED)

Otters, Wildlife & Heritage of Skye & Raasay: 13-18 September - £370

ALL COSTS INCLUDE 5 NIGHTS B&B IN LOCAL GUEST HOUSES, TRANSPORT DURING THE WEEK, AND GUIDE. Packed lunches and dinners are not included so that you can eat to suit your pocket!!

SPECIAL TRIPS

If you cannot join one of our courses or do not have the time, we can arrange an exclusive otter watching day for you or tailor-make a trip for a group......
14/03/2010 The Montezuma Audubon Center will present "The New York River Otter Project: Then and Now!" with Dennis Money from 2 to 3:30 p.m., Sunday, March 14.
09/03/2010 Daphne Neville will be appearing with her otters on the Alan Titchmarsh show on Tuesday 9 March at 5pm on ITV1.
03/02/2010 TALK: The Otters Return to South Tyneside, by Durham Wildlife Trust director Jim Cokill, Wednesday, February 3, from 7pm to 8pm at Jarrow Community Association, in Cambrian Street.

Admission is free and no pre-booking is required.

For further information, contact South Tyneside Council's countryside officer, Clare Rawcliffe, on 424 7423 or e-mail: countryside@southtyneside.gov.uk

10/10/2009 A jumble sale at the Wilton Community Centre, Salisbury, Wiltshire and a raffle at 'The Bear' public house in Wilton - FMN raising funds for a new quarantine pen in Cambodia.
01/10/2009 Talk on otters by Grace Yoxon for the Lochalsh WRI at Kirkton Church Hall, Balmacara. Start time 7.30pm
01/10/2009 2009 Ken Norris Memorial Lectures - A series of lectures on the Californian sea otter will be held at the Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab, Monterey Bay, California. Six prominent marine scientists will explain why sea otters serve as a barometer of ocean health. These free public lectures will take place Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. on October 1, October 22, and November 12. Click here for further details.
09/09/2009 Paul & Grace Yoxon will be at Ledgowan Lodge Hotel, Achnasheen, Ross-shire, presenting a talk about their work with otters. Come along and support this event, in aid of IOSF. Start time 7.30pm.
22/07/2009 Talk on GIANT OTTERS by Dr Rob Williams, Wellington School lecture theatre at 7.30pm. £10 to include a full buffet. Plentiful parking in the adjacent public car park.

Rob is currently working as Peru's Programme Director for the Frankfurt Zoological Society. He oversees the development of research initiatives and conservation programmes across Peru and organises the scientific management of Manu National Park, an area of Amazonian rainforest the size of Switzerland. His annual survey of giant otters takes in an area about the size of Western Europe.

RSVP , as numbers are limited to 60 people, to Lucy Mead, 01823 480425 or lucy@lucky8.wanadoo.co.uk
Profits from the evening will go towards Cardiff University's research into the effect of the bile fluke on otters.
04/07/2009 Build an otter holt at the Summer Fair: 11am-2pm, Constable Lee St Paul's Primary School, Hollin Lane, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire
29/06/2009 'ANIMANIA' Country Fun and Activity Day, Greater Manchester East County Beavers and Cubs, Linnet, Clough Scout Camp and Activity Centre, Gibb Lane, Mellor, Stockport, Cheshire. 10-6pm
01/06/2009 TV: BBC 1. Country Files see IOSF's Otters
30/05/2009 Otterly Mad Week! - Organise an event and raise funds for IOSF.
28/05/2009 Otter event for 11-15 year olds as part of Livelounge: 7-9pm, Salisbury Library
22/04/2009 Do you live in the Cambridge area? Then get down to the Live and Let Live pub on Mawson Road where they are fund raising for the otters at IOSF. There's a raffle going on with all sorts of prizes and a great choice of beers named after animals!!
03/02/2009 TALK: Eilean Ban Trust, The Brightwater Centre, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye. The Eurasian Otter and Work of IOSF by Paul Yoxon.
27/09/2008 JUMBLE SALE IN AID OF FURGET-ME-NOT, Community Centre, West Street, Wilton... time yet to be confirmed likely to be 9 - 1
21/09/2008 Sea Otter Awareness week at Georgia Aquarium
05/08/2008 TALK: Poolewe, Scotland. Otters and the work of IOSF by Paul Yoxon, Poolewe Hall
04/08/2008 Ottery fun for kids at Shepreth Wildlife Park, Hertfordshire. 12-4pm
17/05/2008 DARA'S DAY, Guild Hall, Salisbury 10.00-4.00. Stall, crafts, competitions, activities for all the family. Come and find out more about Dara and the Hairy-Nosed Otters.