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Project Description

Helping otters is a small-scale project, which will encourage otters to establish themselves along the course of the River Wear.

It will do this by providing five safe resting sites (holts) and 3 kilometres of dense riverside vegetation at key sections of the river.

It is hoped that a secure breeding population can be established, which will re-colonise the upper wear catchment.

Length of Project

Start date: July 2003
End date: May 2004

Project Area

The otter holt sites will be located at Chester-le-Street, Lanchester, Hamsterley, Wolsingham and Witton-le-Wear.

Contact Details

For more information about the Gaunless Valley Visitor Centre contact:
Jim Cokill
Durham Wildlife Trust
Rainton Meadows
Chilton Moor
Houghton-le- Spring
Tyne & Wear
DH4 6PU

Tel: 0191 584 3112
Fax: 0191 584 3934
Email: jcokill@durhamwt.co.uk