- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
That just shows how different parts of the country can vary as they are fairly common around here, I think a few escaped from a wildlife park and have been breeding fairly successfully over the last few years.
DEFRA consultation on on approach to beaver reintroduction and management in England
- Thread starter holwellcourtfarm
- Start date
Large hole...
Davey
Member
- Location
- Derbyshire
What exactly is the purpose of reintroducing these animals anyway?
Will we be reintroducing bears, sabre toothed tigers, T.Rex, brontosaurs etc too? Those long necked buggers would make some mess of your maize fields! You'd be glad to have brock back.
A cynical person might think it is just to help justify the poor state of all our waterways
Previously they had to think of a reason why they haven't dredged the rivers in a decade but now its a protected habitat don't you know
Castle Farm
Member
I wonder how Beaver will cope with all the sh!t being pumped into our rivers.
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
Interesting.
I've just come from our local "catchment partnership" meeting (Wildlife Trust, Lea Valley Park, County Council etc present).
Under aob I raised the DEFRA Beaver consultation. There was a distinct pause before anyone said anything. They can see issues in managing them too.
I've just come from our local "catchment partnership" meeting (Wildlife Trust, Lea Valley Park, County Council etc present).
Under aob I raised the DEFRA Beaver consultation. There was a distinct pause before anyone said anything. They can see issues in managing them too.
If you want evidence of future issues managing them here is latest report from Nature Scot on their numbers and the effect they are having in Tayside.
NatureScot Research Report 1274 - Survey of the Tayside Area Beaver Population 2020-2021
This study provides details of the latest survey carried out from late 2020 to early 2021.
www.nature.scot
And this is from the pro beaver people so probably under reporting the negatives.
Not just farmers they are effecting . Network Rail and Scottish Water regularly having to remove dams threatening their infrastructure.
- Location
- East yorks
That’s good, they should help to reduce the excess population and cause of climate change quite quickly. I am sure they will also help to keep the beavers in check once they consider them a fitting starter alongside some garlic breads.
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
I was talking to one of them fairly recently and he said he was sick to the back teeth (which I didn't think he had anyway) of people banging on about climate change, he said climate change is feck all, it is meteorites you need to concentrate on.
No S H I T......
The bloody WT grpoups all seem very pro-Beaver IME. I will wait until they start moving around the Severn and tributaries... then really have a bitch fest at the local activists.
Daughter should have a 243 by then...
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Do beavers eat Himalayan balsam that seems prevalent along our river banks and ditches 
Use it to decorate their homes...?Do beavers eat Himalayan balsam that seems prevalent along our river banks and ditches
Spencer
Member
- Location
- North West
Only we could have a government that wants to plant and protect trees…..and then purposefully introduces a species that’s sole purpose in life is to cut down trees.
Nail on head.!
And the official reply to all these concerns is basically "tough t1tties, that's just what Beavers do, so you have to accept it, oh and no there is no compensation for all this damage, because there wild animals. Even though we allowed them to be reintroduced"
Great eh!
Great eh!
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
And we are not going to be allowed to manage the impact except by going through the whole Natural England licence application process....
In fact, I can imaging some beaver zealots claiming that wire wrapping any trees is depriving the beavers of their natural resource and habitat therefore contrary to law
Want releasing where the impact on Urban man can be seen.... Along the lower reaches of the Thames just before it reaches London maybe...
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
That'll happen in time with the proposals. Then it'll be up to the EA Flood Risk staff to try to get NE licences to manage the carnage.
I used to be the man in that particular hot seat..
This was my patch:
Would they even bother, based on recent performance...
Hindsight
Member
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Have you read the thread on twitter. Quite interesting posts and replies to Stewart.
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
Rewild London perhaps?