Bambi and Tarka

Martin tonight: “I go for months, and the only mammals I see are grey squirrels (and dogs and cats). And then today I see roe deer and otter!”

This is in his usual walk, to the wooded river valley just near our home. He walks there, a short distance, from home each Saturday.

The otter was swimming happily in the lower Dighty Burn. It was cartwheeling over and over in the water for ages. He's never seen an otter in the wild before.