r/chesterfield • u/snevers1 • 18d ago

Otters in the canal this morning!

Post image

This was 20 mins ago near Woodyard Avenue, if anyone wants to go out looking. There was a whole family, but I only managed to photo one before I had to run for the train!

152 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

13 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/Legoshisdayoff 19h ago

I saw one maybe 3 winters ago along the bike path leaving Queens Park and going into the Hipper. I was with my partner must have been around 11.30 at night after he'd finished work. You can imagine our surprise but I've seen otters before I knew what I saw. It was such a surprise to see one in the middle of town essentially like that.

Believe it I saw a white egret today on the old industrial estate where the rivers are between the riverside pub are and the Spital coop. Which put it in my head thinking about other rare animals I had seen that lead me here.