Busy Season for Beavers

It's around 8 weeks since I've been able to get about in the field following my accident. Today Roisin Campbell-Palmer, Charlie Self, Chris Wilde and I managed to get out to the very spot that I fell foul of a slippery branch, and my how busy those beavers have been since I last visited!

We followed some of their foraging trails and found that they are making a real difference to the woodland structure.

It's the busy season for all wild animals as they prepare for a long cold winter. As far as our Norwegian born beavers are concerned, it should soon be extremely cold out there and they will likely be expecting ice to thickly cover the water's surface.

To get them through these cold times, they stash food in the same way that squirrels do and build themselves sturdy winter homes. Our families of beavers on Linne and Coille Bharr have now constructed lodges to live in and they are impressive structures.

The Linne lodge can be seen in this photo, I haven't been able to get very close to it yet but am looking forward to carrying out field sign surveys next week and getting a proper look.