Buck Pool Spinney 7 - the otter holt
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The first step. |
Julie Stubbs, Otter Project Officer, BBOWT making out
the site for the otter holt. 6 September 2001.
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We had never built an otter holt. |
Volunteers weighing up the problem. |
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Volunteers hard at work building the holt from local
timber. |
We used a fallen tree for two of the walls and built the other walls and the
`rooms' from willow on the site.
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In the absence of suitable roofing material on site, we used marine ply
covered with polythene.
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Putting a roof on the holt. |
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The completed otter holt. Invisible?
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The holt was covered with brushwood from the site and this was wired down to
prevent it being washed away in floods. We do not want people or dogs to
visit the holt. Anyone interested can see plans and further pictures.
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The sluice bridge
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