![]() ![]() Warning: This article includes an image of one of the otters that some readers may find distressing Read more: 'Exciting' discovery of otters living in South Bristol streamīristol Live broke the news that otters were found living on the Pigeonhouse Stream almost exactly a year ago, with wildlife experts saying it was both surprising and encouraging that the mammals were branching out from their usual habitats on the River Avon and the River Frome and into urban South Bristol. ![]() The Greater Bristol Otter Group worked with the local Friends of Crox Bottom during 2021 to gather the surprising evidence that otters were living on the Pigeonhouse Stream, a fairly small river that flows from Imperial Park in Hartcliffe down to join the River Malago at the bottom of the Western Slopes between Bedminster and Knowle West. Wildlife experts and local residents have been left distraught after the second road death of an otter in the past year or 18 months was discovered on Hartcliffe Way, the main road that connects Bedminster with Hartcliffe - at a spot where otters were only discovered in the past couple of years. Drivers on one of South Bristol's busiest roads are being urged to slow down and look out for otters - amid fears a fledgling population living nearby could be wiped out before they get established. ![]()
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