Save Our Bride Otters
@saveourbrideotters
Protecting the River Bride and its aquatic inhabitants in Blackpool, Cork City. Urban wildlife, cycling, planning, flooding and interesting Cork City stuff will also feature. Posts by Blackpool resident @chrismoodydraws.bsky.social. No AI content here.
The dismembered pigeon parts prompted me to look up. Peregrine Falcon. Possibly a juvenile. Blackpool. #cork
Mink investigates Sobocam 2 trail camera. People sometimes mistake mink for otters. Compared to otters mink are smaller, fluffier darker fur (not always) with more pointed facial features. #cork
Slab it over says Jack Chambers. FF and FG are very bad for the environment. #cork
Invasive mink on the River Bride this afternoon. A party of three. Otters and at least one fox are not too far away so this little group may be living on borrowed time. #cork
Jack Chambers confirmed the Blackpool Flood Relief Scheme last week. A number of conditions were added to the confirmation. He had no updated scheme drawings He had no updated environmental reports He had no updated costs information To reflect the impacts of these conditions on the scheme.
An otter shoves our trailcamera over after giving it a good sniff. Otters are rarely deterred by the presence of our cameras. A good sniffing for a few days and then they ignore them. #cork
Why did Blackpool Village get hit so badly by flooding in 2012 and 2013? #cork
Otter on the Lee this morning. One of a pair. Notice how the hind legs are doing the hard work. We are very lucky to have otters in Cork City. Otters are supposed to be strictly protected in Ireland but the state is one of the worst culprits when it comes to destruction of their habitat. #cork
Otter glides silently along the Lee this evening. People drinking pints just feet away completely oblivious to its presence. Video by myself. #corkcity
Beautiful Damoiselle in the garden this afternoon. It hung around long enough for me to grab a camera but refused to provide a decent wing spread. Selfish damselfly. #cork
This is the second batch of Great Tits reared in the hole in our bathroom wall this season. I just happened to catch the brood of four leaving the nest yesterday afternoon. You can hear the parents calling to encourage them. Filmed with ultra zoom lens from inside our house. #cork
Cycling along the Watercourse Rd with a full length mirror under the arm and a shopping bag in the hand. It made me smile. #cork
Another clip of the otters filmed last Sunday in the River Lee, Cork City. It's a good time to see otters in the city. There is plenty of activity currently. Keep your eyes on the lovely Lee at any time of the day. #cork See less
Acorn the Otter on the Lee this morning. We recognise him by a distinctive nose scar shaped (a bit) like an Acorn. #cork
Keep watching to witness the 'otter elbow shuffle' and 'I am here, where are you?' whistle. Filmed on the River Lee, Cork City this afternoon. #cork
A trio of otters on the River Lee in Cork City this afternoon. Otters just want to have fun you know. Thanks to otter photographer supremo Chris Martin for the heads up. He could just as easily kept them to himself. Fair play. #cork
Sandmartin brood this morning. I feel justified in photographing this active nest as it is just one of many in the area that would be destroyed if a proposed OPW flood scheme were to proceed in Blackpool. The scheme plans are now ten years old. Photographed using an ultra zoom lens. #cork
So Bluesky have upped their permitted video upload size. Now we can post some nice oldies. This one from 2022 showing a cub with mother and a probable sibling. #cork
I always get a bit worried when I don't see dippers in the River Bride for a while. I would often see and hear them at Blackpool Bridge and Orchard Court. They are sensitive to pollution and water quality is declining year on year according to the EPA. #cork
Whee! More #worldotterday content. From our trail camera last year. Lots going on here. Sound up. How many otters do you see in this clip? #cork
It's #worldotterday. Time for resharing otter content dear followers. Sound up. #cork
Grey Wagtail fledgling awaiting meal from nearby parent bird. River Bride adjacent to former Sunbeam Factory Site. Blackpool. #cork
You finished with this? Don’t mind me. I’m a local. Fitzgerald Park. #cork
Mayfly living its best (short) life. Ballincollig Regional Park #cork
We bumped into Lutra Lutra at the March for Nature in Cork City this afternoon. Well done organisers. @swanireland.ie #cork
Finbarr. A long time River Lee, Cork City resident. We know he has been around since at least 2020. He is doing well for a wild otter with a number of missing teeth. #cork
It's Biodiversity Week! Check out Blackpool's River Bride's own biodiversity via Blackpool Tidy Village Group new poster on the plaza. #cork