\n The sighting was made at Christchurch Quay by keen-eyed photographer JoJo Arnell, a member of the Bournemouth Echo Dorset camera club, who captured photos and video of the otter exploring the area.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Arnell said: “A young bold otter spotted fishing and dipping at Christchurch Quay this afternoon.\n<\/p>\n
\n Wild Otter spotted at Christchurch Quay (Image: Jojo Arnell Crisp, Dorset Camera Club)\n<\/p>\n
\n “Blessed… the closest I’ve ever been to a wild otter.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The little guy wasn’t scared at all and seemed curious of the phone even.”\n<\/p>\n
\n In her video, the otter can be seen resting on rocks, exploring its surroundings and scratching its back along the quay\u2019s stone walls – which she shared to YouTube.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Arnell also reported watching the otter catch a fish.\n<\/p>\n
\n The sighting is one of several recent reports.\n<\/p>\n
\n A similarly unfazed otter had its breakfast alongside a fisherman at Mudeford Quay earlier this month.\n<\/p>\n
\n The growing frequency of these otter sightings suggests otters are becoming regular visitors to Dorset\u2019s quaysides.\n<\/p>\n
\n Further up the coast, Studland Bay also reported wildlife success this month after spotting a pair of beavers months after they were released in 2025.\n<\/p>\n
\n Studland nature reserve reported the sighting raised hopes for the arrival of baby beavers (Kits) in the near future.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sighting was made at Christchurch Quay by keen-eyed photographer JoJo Arnell, a member of the Bournemouth Echo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-444641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}