Beenie's World of Otters

Martin Neville

Martin has been an engineer, beekeeper, walking stick manufacturer and is an actor. He is keen on boats, and built a steam launch. His latest film was Diggity: A Home at Last" (2001), and on television, the recent Channel 4 drama, "The Dinosaur Hunters", which tells the story of the beginning of palaeontology, and the long-running feud between Gideon Mantell and Richard Owen. Martin played Richard Owen's father-in-law.

In 1999, Martin was awarded the Gloucester FWAG Silver Pintail Conservation award. He maintains much of his own land according to the best conservation principles, and recently saw two wild otters passing through on the River Frome as it runs through his property. Like Daphne, Martin takes Rudi and Belinda around the country to act as ambassadors for all otters.