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Archive for category: Otters

12.06201812th June 2018
Oskar meets Tivacudda – Part Three

Oskar meets Tivacudda – Part Three

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Otters, Rehabilitation DiariesTags Oskar, Tivacudda

At last Oskar and Tivacudda came face to face and what an absolute joy it was to see how excited they were to finally meet...

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11.06201811th June 2018
Oskar meets Tivacudda – Part Two

Oskar meets Tivacudda – Part Two

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Otters, Rehabilitation DiariesTags Oskar, Tivacudda

The big day arrived to introduce Oskar and Tivacudda to each other, but the first step was to persuade them into their cages…and the best...

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11.06201811th June 2018
Oskar meets Tivacudda – Part One

Oskar meets Tivacudda – Part One

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Otters, Rehabilitation DiariesTags Hillswick, Oskar, otters, Shetland, Tivacudda

We decided to see if we could put our two young otters Oskar and Tivacudda together to add some spice to their lives. We’ve never...

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06.0620186th June 2018
An otter insurgency

An otter insurgency

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn OttersTags Intruder

Over the years we have had various attempts by otters to break out of the sanctuary, but this year we had our first break in....

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06.0620186th June 2018
See Ramsay go!

See Ramsay go!

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Otter release, Otters, Rehabilitation DiariesTags Ramsay

Remember Ramsay, the ravenous young otter who tried to break into the North Haven care home at Brae a while ago? After we managed to...

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05.0620185th June 2018
Oskar discovers a flatfish

Oskar discovers a flatfish

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Otters, Rehabilitation DiariesTags flatfish, Hillswick, marine wildlife, Otter, otter cub, Shetland, wildlife, wildlife rehabilitation

We treated Oskar the otter to a fresh flatfish, a megrim, courtesy of John-Arthur Robertson and the crew of the Radiant Star. The thing is...

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05.0620185th June 2018
Hungry otter in search of a haven

Hungry otter in search of a haven

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Otter rescues, OttersTags Brae, Hillswick, marine mammals, marine wildlife, Otter, otter rescue, Shetland, wildlife rescue

  We were in for a shock in March when we received a call from North Haven Care Centre in Brae. A young otter had been...

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05.0620185th June 2018
Coco survives after mother killed by car

Coco survives after mother killed by car

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Otter rescues, OttersTags Hillswick, Otter, otter cub, otter rescue, Shetland

This young otter was found at night by Carolyn Jackson and Lauren Kelsey at the Grobsness junction north of Gonfirth. He was running around his...

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19.03201819th March 2018
Grutness goes south for rewilding

Grutness goes south for rewilding

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Otters, Rehabilitation DiariesTags Fishcross, Grutness, Otter, rewilding, SSPCA

Grutness, the young male otter who arrived at Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary 16 months ago, is being given yet another chance to make it in the...

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11.0220188th March 2018
Hypothermic Louie the otter cub arrives

Hypothermic Louie the otter cub arrives

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Otter rescues, Otters, Rehabilitation DiariesTags hypothermia, Louie, otter cub, otter rescue, Trondra

On Sunday 11 February we received a message about a dead otter near the Trondra/Burra bridge that had been hit by a car on a...

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