While fitting an outside tap on the river side of Halcyon, I was distracted by a lot of reeds rustling on the far side of the river. Looking in the sounds direction I saw two animals drop into the water and disappear. I only saw the tops of their heads for a moment as they swam then dived below the surface. I assumed, judging by their size and colour, that these were otters. We had seen them before in this spot when Heigham Homes, the National Trust land opposite Halcyon, had been opened to the public for it's one day a year. A visitors dog had flushed them out into the river and possibly as many as four had sum along the far bank to get out of the way.
All went quiet and then a few meters away a good sized Pike leapt fully out of the water and landed with a splash. Alex had been busy putting his boat away and came to look having seen the fish jump, two canoeist also cam along at that moment. No more sign of the otters after that. I wonder if they caught their lunch.
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