This free walking trail will introduce to you Cork City's 'Pana otter' population

The next Cork City Otter Trail takes place on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 11am — it's free to join it and here's how to reserve a spot

A yellow-footed egret and otters seen in Cork city — River Bride at Orchard Court. Pictures: Chris Moody

“There! Is that one?” Chris points excitedly at the riverbank, peering through his binoculars studiously. 

“Ah, a moorhen,” he says, a little deflated, but pausing long enough with the binoculars to admire its red beak and downy black feathers. “Sometimes you see egrets too, they wear 'marigold gloves'.”