28/11/2020
Habitat First Group is committed to creating spaces where wildlife thrives. One species doing really well on all of our sites is the otter.
At Lower Mill Estate, otters are often spotted in our lakes and along our waterways. Families of otter have been spotted in Spinney Lake and Howells Mere during the daytime and signs of otter are found everywhere – even within a few feet of some of our properties.
Making space for nature means thinking about nature’s needs. Being mostly nocturnal, otters require dark spaces to travel through and to feed. As well as creating well-vegetated, healthy waterways for otters to move through, we keep artificial lighting low on our sites. This means light spilling onto our waterways is minimised, maximising our chances of otters using the development.
Building for nature brings great benefits. Where else can you live foot to paw with otters?
