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Old 21-02-2011, 06:08 PM
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Re: Could this be an Otter feeding site?

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Originally Posted by shirl View Post
I found alot of similarly opened swan mussel shells during a water vole survey at a series of ponds. We guessed it might be the fishermen who were using the mussels as bait for carp etc not that I know anything about fishing so could of course be wrong.

Shirl
Fishermen will use freshwater mussels for carp, and occasionally tench I think.

Chris
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