Glaven Beavers
Glaven Beavers
An amazing opportunity to see inside the Beaver enclosure
Grateful thanks
to the
Norfolk River's Trust
Beaver teeth marks in the wood
Paw prints in the mud.
Various attempts by the beavers to bring down this bough.
This is about 12 foot up in the air and you can see how denuded this part of the tree is as a result of their workings.
Fresh mud working on the top of a dam.
A beaver slide/path up the side of a bank.
A simple way to stop the beavers attacking individual trees.
Amazing dams, constantly monitored by the beavers for over topping.
They will then add more mud to maintain the depth of water.
Now that's Beaver carpentry
Another well built dam.
Beaver action.
The gorgeous chaos of the developing habitat.
Something I never thought I would see in this country.
Apparently they don't always fininsh one thing. They will do some and then return over a number of cycles until it is finished.
Extraordinarily the beavers can stand on their hind legs and carry mud in their front paws when they are working
on the dams. No one is quite sure where they get all the mud from.
Are they getting it from burrows underground?
A large metre high dam has allowed this area to be completely flooded.
Gradually the trees will die presumably and the area will be open to more light.
It will be interesting to see how this develops.
Their lodge can just about be made out in the background.
Further view of this flooded area.
Nothing is too large for the Beavers.
Although ti might take them a while.
The first lodge the Beavers made. Under the root plate.