National monitoring and research project. If you find a dead otter please call England: 03708 506 506, Wales: 0300 065 3000, Scotland: 01471 822 487
Cardiff, Wales
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🦦 Placement opportunity for 2027-28! Cyfle i ymgymryd â lleoliad gwaith yn 2027–28! 🦦
Ydych chi’n chwilio am leoliad gwaith i israddedigion ym maes cadwraeth sy’n canolbwyntio ar waith labordy, dadansoddi data ac anatomeg?
Looking for an undergraduate placement in conservation with a focus on lab work, data analysis, and anatomy?
Our data and samples are used in a wide range of research and help guide conservation.
10th October was Global Animal Road Accident Awareness Day.
Do your part and remember to report any sightings either on:
the app: arcg.is/qSaHP
or the online form: arcg.is/qSaHP
The Road Lab:
facebook.com/TheRoadLab
theroadlab.co.uk/
Introducing Louise, one of our new placement students for this year!
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Introducing Keira, our new placement student for this year!
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📣 We’ve surpassed 5000 otters in our records 📣
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While the death of our wildlife can be upsetting to hear about, this also means that we have samples and data from 5000 individuals that can be used to support conservation efforts as well as otter, wildlife, and environmental research!
Introducing one of our new placement students!
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Introducing one of our new placement students!!
#lutralutra #otter #otters #placement #biology #eurasianotter #otterproject #cardiff #wales #cardiffuniversityotterproject #ukwildlife #nature #conservation #cardiffbiosciences #biosciences
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In this new paper, led by researchers at Edinburgh Napier University in collaboration with the Otter Project, the authors present a novel method that estimates cub size relative to their mother using pixel measurements from camera-trap footage.
We would like to give a huge thank you to our 2025-26 placement year students, Sorrel, Sophie, and Sandy. Since September, they have helped lead several local engagement events and assisted in performing 194 postmortems. We wish them all the very best for the future!
We are proud to announce that we have received our Bronze LEAF certification. This reflects the project’s commitment to laboratory sustainability and reducing our environmental impact as part of the laboratory efficiency assessment framework (LEAF). Thank you to the LEAF team!
🌎️5TH JUNE 2026 WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY🌱
🍀🌸Contaminants disrupt the balance of the ecosystem, leading to direct harm to aquatic organisms and significant effects throughout the food web.
🦦🌊Apex predators such as otters are most vulnerable to the impacts of water pollution.
Happy World Otter Day from CUOP! We want to say a huge thank you to our collection network who make what we do possible. In particular @EnvAgency and @NatResWales who do equally amazing work in England and Wales. We received 157 otters thanks to the brilliant people supporting us
