A willow hanging over a river bank with a monitoring raft just peeking underneath

More otter sightings

Went over to the River Cam sites for the regular fortnightly monitor of the rafts for the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.

For the second time in a row there were very distinct prints in the cartridge, as well as speint on the rafts.

It’s probably the same otter heading downstream between the rafts, but good to get lots of evidence of their movements.

Large paw prints on a clay cartridge
Otter visitors again

In the afternoon, headed over to the library for the Monday Dursley Code Club. Booked out again, and there was some interesting experimentation with the HTML that was powering a site which had a spin the wheel game. This club started out as mostly python and web, but now veers in all sorts of directions. The over arching aim is to inspire exploration of digital creativity.

This week in 2023 ...

Narrow river with tall vegetation on both sides. Reflections in water

Inspecting river latrines

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Tall himalyam balsam plants in the foreground, trees in the background

Pulling up giants

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Sign saying Cae'r Hendre

Holidaying in Llangynidr

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Grasslands in foreground, wooded slopes leading up to mountain

A mountain circular

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