Nocturnal
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| Active from | 2000 |
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| Record labels | High Roller Records |
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| ID | 2253970 |
About Nocturnal
Otter attacks koi carp in New Forest garden pond
Footage of an otter attacking koi carp fish in a garden pond has emerged as a rare sighting of the creature in the New Forest.
Neighbours of Tony Stride filmed the otter through a window as it raided The Pond at his New Forest home, near Ashurst, killing about 10 fish.
Naturalist Prof Russell Wynn said it was " Amazing " to see an otter hunting in the daylight.
Mr Stride said he had " mixed emotions" but planned to restock The Pond .
He explained that he had been away and neighbours had been in his house feeding his cat when they noticed the fish " moving erratically" in the Fish Pond outside.
" They took the dramatic footage you see of our Unwanted Guest , " He Said .
" It's a shame but we'll start again and get More Fish , and better protect them against otters This Time .
" It's nice to know the wildlife is there. We Live in The Forest so we expected something but not quite as dramatic as that. "
Prof Wynn, from The Wild New Forest group, said otters were making a comeback in the New Forest in recent years, following a decline in river water quality.
However, He Said they were normally only spotted using remote cameras put out in The Forest .
He added the footage " was Amazing - We Are So Lucky to have otters back in the New Forest now, but we just don't see them because they are Nocturnal - so we're really lucky to see that up close".
Source of news: bbc.com
