It looks like Edinburgh's otter population has found a new haunt.
Two of the animals were spotted playing on the banks of the Union Canal in Fountainbridge on Friday.
Chris Dobson tweeted a video of them running along the path opposite a new development, near the Lochrin Basin. One rolls off the bank and plunges into the canal while the other
He said: "Amazing sight at Fountainbridge, this morning. Otters on the canal!"
Earlier this month a family of otters were seen of the Water of Leith.
Three cubs were seen splashing around in the fast-flowing water, with one enjoying a piggyback from its mother.
In June last year, there was another sighting of wild otters at Dean Bridge. There have been rumours of a very rare albino otter further upstream in West Lothian.
