Otter cubs and mother fishing autumn 2011

I was fortunate enough to watch these 3 otters at close quarters .

You can just make out the mud/clay on the head of the female otter who was diving into the mud of the lake bed repeatedly fishing for eels.

Mud from the lake bottom stirred up by the mother otter.

On several occasions the female came onto the bank with a large eel and boisterous chase ensued .

This is a picture of the 2 cubs attached to different end of the eel chasing along the bank.