Overview
- Footage recorded at around 4am on Tuesday shows a fox and an otter moving through Lincoln’s Brayford river front and nearby streets.
- Posted by the City of Lincoln Council’s 24/7 CCTV team, the Facebook video has surpassed 420,000 views and 7,000 likes.
- The clip captures the animals sniffing and playfully chasing before the otter dives into the river as the fox looks on from the bank.
- Comments on social media praised the sighting and likened the scenes to a John Lewis Christmas advert.
- Lincolnshire Wildlife Park’s chief executive called the pairing highly unusual and noted that spotting an otter in a busy city area is rare.