Otters

are the 1s we see on the coast true sea-otters? or just river/coastal 1s?, they are lots along the s. coast and have come across 4 different family groups whitin 7/8 miles of town, 1 group lives few hundret meters from were i live.

i did a google search on them last week and one site said we have no sea otters in ireland. another site said we have coastal otters.
dunno what the difference is, if there is any.

The Otters we have here are Eurasian Otters and live in fresh and salt water environments. The Sea Otter is an inhabitant of the West Coast of America and lives only in the sea. They are similar but the Eurasian Otter is broader across the face, shorter in the neck and has a longer tail. The Sea Otter spends most of it's time in the water, while the Eurasian Otter spends a lot of it's time on land.

There is also the Northern River Otter in North America, the Southern River Otter in South America, the Marine Otter in South America and a Neotropical Otter in Central America.And finally there is the Giant Otter of the Amazon basin. And there are other versions in other parts of the world.

whenever im spinning for bass here in wexford, in the sea, i often see an otter in the water searching around for fish, mostly see him in the mornings, didnt think any otter in ireland would enter the sea

used to be a family of them on the cliff s at clones strand in wexford they were there for a number of years they were brilliant to watch hunting seatrout at the mouth of the river in the sea and back to the rocks to eat they had young but i dident see any sign of them this year

I seen one at a mark in Clew Bay last week. It swam around in front of me for about ten minutes. It was amazing to watch. Seeing an animal like an otter up close is one of the things I love about going fishing.

you see them in the sea all the time here in cork.....over the years i have seen a good few......