On the Swirl of the Tide

by Bridget MacCaskill (Author), Don MacCaskill (Photographer)

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  1994

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  For almost two decades retired forester Don MacCaskill and his wife Bridget kept vigil over the wild otters that bred on a remote sea loch in the Scottish Highlands. They discovered much that was not known before about the animals behaviour, and shared their knowledge with Julian Pettifer for a Central Television 'Nature Watch' series. 'This is the book to leave everybody wanting a second helping' SCOTTISH WILDLIFE 'Superb photographs. The opportunities to observe and photograph their feeding, grooming, play and mating in full daylight were unique. ' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Otters have a strong appeal and deserve all the books they can get' OBSERVER 'A marvellous tale...there is much beauty in the book. ' EVERGREEN.

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  2001

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  The story of Bodach, Palethroat and Pinknose unfolded to Bridget and Don MacCaskill over a period of 12 patient years. Slowly, the wild otters became accustomed to the scent of the humans around their remote Highland sea loch, and the couple were able to observe the habits and behaviour of these beautiful creatures. Cubs are born and grow up with their parents, and the otters regularly encounter other animals, sometimes with amusing results. Whatever the event, Bridget and Don are there with pen and camera, ready to record the details. 'On the Swirl of the Tide' is a vivid and intimate portrait of the lives of otters in the wild, part of which was shared with the cameras for Central Television's 'Nature Watch' series. The beautiful colour photographs from Don MacCaskill reveal details never before shown, and Bridget's sympathetic writing of the lifestyle and behaviour of these wild creatures is an enchanting account of otter life.

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  1992

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  On an idyllic sea loch in a remote corner of the Scottish Highlands live several generations of a wild otter family which have been watched over and cared for through more than a dozen years by retired forester Don MacCaskill and his wife Bridget. They named the dominant male Bodach, which means old man , and discovered that he kept two females and their families in a four-mile territory of coastal waters before he died, aged approximately 12. Due to living in a tidal habitat, these otters are not the strictly nocturnal animals of rivers in Devon and Cornwall, which were brought to the edge of extinction in the 1950s. The opportunites to observe and photograph their feeding, their grooming, their play and their mating in full daylight were therefore unique. This book records these observations.