An otter at the Telegrafbukta

When I took a promenade along the sea at the bay Telegrafbukta nearby I saw a family watching something. It was an otter. It was swimming along the shore while two crows were complaining loudly. I took a snapshot with my small Sony camera just to get a picture.

Two crows and an otter

The otter continued swimming near to the shore until it came to the small breakwater south from the sandy beach of Telegrafbukta. There it went on land. I followed.

The otter is approachingThe otter on the breakwater of Telegrafbukta

From there it was swimming out for food and coming back with some crustacean as prey. It went on land again where I could watch and hear it crushing and eating the prey. It was below me, hardly more than two metres away. Never before I had spotted an otter so near for so long. I’m sure it saw me and the other two people standing nearby but it appeared pretty fearless.

The otter is swimming backThe otter is eating its prey

It swam for a short other round and again came back. This time I had configured my litte camera a bit better to take sharper photos and the otter was so nice to stand still for a while. Click!

The otter in profile view

The otter however had no interest in extending this photo session. It jumped into the cold sea water again and continued its hunt. Soon it vanished behind a small rocky promontory.

When it was out of view I continued my short promenade. Thanks for showing up, otter. It was a pleasure meeting you.

Late November noon

6 comments to “An otter at the Telegrafbukta”

  1. Johanna 2023-11-26 18:48

    Ein besonderes Erlebnis! Ich freue mich gerade sehr über Schweinswale die sich in der Förde tummeln…….es ist für mich super schön nun an der Ostseeküste zu leben. LG

  2. way-up-north 2023-11-26 19:00

    Oh wie toll, Johanna. Sieht man die häufiger?

  3. Johanna 2023-11-26 19:23

    Ich habe gelernt das die Sichtungen mit dem Wind zu tun haben. Bei Ostwind und wenn die See in die Förde gedrückt wird, sind die Chancen sie zu sehen besonders groß. Habe leider noch kein Foto hinbekommen, sie sind zu fix….:-/ :-)

  4. way-up-north 2023-11-26 21:11

    Du hast ja noch mehr Gelegenheiten :-)

  5. Ulrich 2023-12-12 19:01

    Johanna, dann musst du ein Video aufnehmen und später am Computer ein Einzelbild herausnehmen. Oder du nimmst den Olaf mit, denn bei ihm bleiben die Tiere für ein Foto stehen. :-)

  6. way-up-north 2023-12-15 07:43

    … das wäre schön, Ulrich. Für jedes Tierfoto, welches ich hier poste, gibt es hundert Tiere, die ich nicht fotografiere. Die Robbe, die untertaucht, der Adler, der zu hoch fliegt, der Elch im Wald, der Hermelin, der über die Straße huscht.

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