Action Plans
Steering Group
- Partnership Action Plan
Amphibians
- great crested newt
Birds
- barn owl
- black grouse
- coastal birds
- farmland birds
- garden birds
- upland waders
Coastal
- coastal heathland
- maritime cliffs and slopes
- rocky shore and islands
- saline lagoons
- saltmarsh and mudflat
- sand dune
Fish
- freshwater fish
Grassland
- calaminarian grassland
- lowland heathland
- lowland meadows and pastures
- whin grassland
Invertebrates
- dingy skipper
- freshwater pearl mussel
- white clawed crayfish
Lower plants
- river jelly lichen
- violet crystalwort
- water rock bristle
Mammals
bats
common seal
dormouse
grey seal
hedgehog
otter
red squirrel
water vole
Upland
- blanket bog
- heather moorland
- upland hay meadow
Urban
- brownfield land
- built environment
- gardens and allotments
- recreational and amenity space
- transport corridors
Wetlands
- fen, marsh and swamp
- ponds, lakes and reservoirs
- reedbeds
- rivers and streams
Woodland
- native woodland
- trees and hedges

Action Plan: Otter

The Eurasian or European otter is a native to Britain and is one of its largest carnivores. The otter is beautifully adapted to its semi-aquatic life style. It has a long stream lined body powered by a thick rudder like tail and webbed feet on short powerful legs. The coat is waterproof and consists of 2 layers, a thick under layer of insulating down like fur and an outer layer of longer guard hairs that trap air to form an insulation layer between.

There are 135 five kilometre grid squares in Northumberland within which the Otter has been recorded.

Download the grid square locations to view on Google Earth (you must have a copy of Google Earth Software installed on your computer to view this file).