Otter or Mink?

Poo has been spotted, poked at with a stick and smelt! These ‘scats’ or ‘spraints’ are left to mark territory on prominent rocks, walls or stumps – often under bridges. Numerous deposits have been left along the Smite – especially on the stretch on the Millennium Green. Great news for the environment as only a healthy body of water can produce enough food for a predator of this size. Mink poo contains fur, feathers and bones. Otters are mainly fish bones and scales. Our poop contains the latter.

Mink poo smells of rotten fish and Otter of jasmine – yes I’ve smelt it! It wasn’t repulsive but I wasn’t keen to linger in its fragrance like a wall clothed in Jasmine at the height of summer. The Wild Trout team have confirmed Otter poo in the area. There has been CCTV night footage of an Otter in Whatton. I’ve had two encounters with Mink on the OMG over the past few years. Have you seen anything? We’d love to hear from you.