The Otter Trust was founded by Philip and Jeanne Wayre in 1971 and is a registered charity with another two bases in County Durham and Cornwall with its headquarters being at Earsham. It is the largest and oldest otter conservation organisation in the world and has bred and released over 120 otters into the wild. The headquarters are beautifully located on the banks of the River Waveney with three lakes home to a wide selection of European waterfowl as well as the otters.