5000m Sponsored Swim for UKWOT
For the second year in a row, Eleri is doing a sponsored swim in aid of UKWOT. 🏊 Last year, Eleri swam 80 lengths, this year she has set herself a new challenge of 200 lengths which is 5000 metres! 🏊 Support Eleri’s sponsored swim here –...
Signed Print Auction – Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin
It’s our favourite day of the year tomorrow! To celebrate we’re auctioning this amazing print by Jo Walker and signed by Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin. Artwork: 1/50 ‘Tide and Tranquility’ print, A3 giclee print 11.7 inches by 16.5 inches....
Slow Down For Otters
IOSFs World Otter Day is just days away and this year we are focusing on otter fatalities on UK roads, with our ‘Slow Down For Otters’ campaign. Every year countless Eurasian otters lose their lives or are severely injured on UK roads. Roads have historically been...
New Ambassador – Claudia Gilbert
We are delighted to welcome a new ambassador to the UK Wild Otter Trust – Claudia Gilbert. Dave, our Founder said “When we were approached by the film company from Montreal, I was skeptical about it as its a long way to come to film. However, once we had...
Another success story! Milly and Merv are wild otters once again. 🎉
Milly and Merv were rescued individually and both needed some extra care when they arrived; Milly was underweight and Merv had a slight concussion. But, they have both flourished whilst at our Specialist Otter Rehabilitation Centre. The rehabilitation process is a...
Volunteer Vacancy: Communications Officer
We are looking for an experienced individual to join our existing communications officer, in managing our charities communications. Our aim is for our two communications officers to work together to promote UKWOT’s aims and activities and increase the charities reach....
The recent good weather has meant that we have been able to start our 2024 otter releases. 🔆
Last week we were delighted to release Ouse, Delta and Mist back into the wild. They were rescued as individual tiny cubs and we introduced them to each other, so that they could go through their rehabilitation together. Their rehabilitation process couldn’t...
New Online Shop Product – The Otter Book by Jo Byrne 📖
We’ve teamed up with Graffeg to bring you this amazing book by Jo Byrne. 40% of each sale will be donated to UKWOT. ♥️ Click here to shop About the book: 📖 The only truly semi-aquatic member of the weasel family, otters were once a common sight in UK rivers and...
