Yesterday morning we went for a beach walk in absolutely horrendous weather and saw our first otter which I was quite excited about...
And then today we discovered that an otter has killed our lovely cockerel Big Boy. And I don't even have a decent photo of him to post here. [Now updated with photo that Jane took when she was here -- thank you Jane!] He was so sweet and gentle, particularly after Mental... So I guess we do have predators here -- we were thinking that because no foxes, we didn't have to worry so much about the chickens. I guess we were wrong.
We are also missing two ducks, but haven't come across the duck carcasses anywhere, so no clue if the F***ing otter got them as well or if they've just gone for a wander.
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