Otters feel safe in the sunshine

RECENTLY I spent some time in and around the village of Corofin in Co Clare, writes Dick Warner

The headwaters of the River Fergus flow through this area and form a maze of small and medium sized lakes connected by river channels.

The water is amazingly clear and on a calm, sunny day you can see right down to the bed of a lake and the shores are dotted with limestone boulders, large and small.