Small sections of the river have also been fenced on one riverbank to limit the impact of livestock and allow beneficial habitats to thrive. The Cheshire Wildlife Trust has focused recent conservation efforts on working with local landowners to ensure riverside habitats are optimal for Otters and the smaller Water Vole, including piloting natural riverbank reinforcement schemes and the reinstatement of historical river courses and channels along the route of the River Gowy. The footage was discovered by the Trust’s project assistant Chris Meredith, who recovered the camera just hours before the area was submerged with floodwater. The Cheshire Wildlife Trust has been using motion-detection camera technology to determine whether hard-to-see species like Otters and Water Voles are returning to their ‘Living Landscape’ project area where conservation work has been focused on local rivers and wetlands.
Rare Otter family caught on camera for first timeĪn infra-red camera set up on the River Gowy near Chester to monitor European Otters ( Lutra lutra) revealed not one, but a family of three of the rare mammals caught on film.ĭefinitive sightings of Otters have been extremely rare away from their traditional strongholds and especially on fast-flowing rivers.
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