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Otter spotting: Your pictures

Photo: Melissa D Jordan

To mark the journey of the otter that has survived a sea crossing to the Farne Islands for the first time, you have been sending in your pictures of the slippery creatures like this one from Melissa D Jordan.

Photo: Sarah Storr

A Northern river otter at Alaska Zoo, Anchorage. Photo: Sarah Storr

Photo: Eddie Storr

A pair of sea otters resting in the Gulf of Alaska. Photo: Eddie Storr

Photo: Ilan Kelman

A chilly swimmer at Mariehamn, Finland. Photo: Ilan Kelman

Photo: Ian, Scotland

"I snapped this otter in my boathouse," says Ian in Appin, Scotland

Photo: Bill Short

Bill Short sent in the following pictures of a young otter found in Northumberland...

Photo: Bill Short

"The young otter came into our village and was seen on the road," says Bill...

Photo: Bill Short

"We captured it and took it down to the nearby river then released it." Photos: Bill Short. Send your pictures to yourpics@bbc.co.uk. For terms and conditions: www.bbc.co.uk/yourpics




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