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Somerset Surveys

A few people conduct daily surveys recording otter activity at one convenient spot every day, usually a sprainting stone. Others monthly surveys on their allocated patch using selected sites. There is an annual 2 day coordinated Survey, initiated in 1995 by James Williams. It takes place at the end of April, whilst vegetation is still low and rainfall not prohibitive. The whole of Somerset is surveyed in a single weekend, providing a snapshot of otter activity on a single night.

Somerset Surveys

Two Day Event Summary 2019–

2019 Results.   Thank you for all your efforts, we achieved good coverage across the county. We covered 122 patches (or more precisely 122 patches have been returned), made up …

News & Notices / Somerset Surveys

Two Day Event Summary 2018 –

This summary details the results of the 2018 Two Day Survey. A fuller interpretation is not included with the summary of results, but it is worth noting that the adjudicated …

Somerset Surveys

2 Day Event Method, extract written by James Williams in 2010

  Attached is an extract from papers written by James Williams in 2010 outlining the two day event methods he originated in Somerset in 1995. Two Day Event Method, James …

Somerset Surveys

Two Day Event Summary 2017

2 day summary 2017 and Exmoor National Park supplement: 2 day summary ENP 2017 b

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  • Two Day Event Survey, 23rd and 24th April 2022——————— March 6, 2022
  • Newslotter 2022 ——————— March 6, 2022
  • BBC Radio Devon Interview ——– May 5, 2021
  • Otter photography and watching position statement – – February 3, 2021
  • Otter Releases Position Statement 1 – February 1, 2021

Somerset Otter Group Links

  • Cardiff University Otter Project
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