Beavers
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Devon Stalker
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I have visited several sites and spoken to those who have. Could point you in the right direction depending on what you’re looking for. Drop me a line.
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Its just a real general enquiry really Devon Stalker - Thank you
I have no skin in this game at all but only tend to be told the positives - i just wondered if they were detrimental to migratory fish at all
So a bit far from you, but river Tay is sadly washed full of the rodents.
The laird at Meikleour's been spending millions to put cages on the majority of the riverbank to protect his farms - stopped the beavers tunneling through to the fields, and looks pretty... NOT...
Another beat I fish at on the lower river (Upper Redgorton) has a wee burn that comes into the main river on the beat. It historically is a very significant spawning burn on the lower river for the salmon. We're not quite sure how well they're going to spawn now, as the beavers are felling trees left right and centre along it along with their other antics, which we suspect will be impeding spawning activities there.
Edit: To add, I did speak to the head ghillie at Meikleour last year just to ask about the control measures that are available, and yes, because they have farmland (at the appropriate grading) they would be allowed to shoot them, but I believe the licence is such that you can only shoot them in the Autumn/Winter and after dark? Which is not a massively appealling prospect for the estate.
The laird at Meikleour's been spending millions to put cages on the majority of the riverbank to protect his farms - stopped the beavers tunneling through to the fields, and looks pretty... NOT...
Another beat I fish at on the lower river (Upper Redgorton) has a wee burn that comes into the main river on the beat. It historically is a very significant spawning burn on the lower river for the salmon. We're not quite sure how well they're going to spawn now, as the beavers are felling trees left right and centre along it along with their other antics, which we suspect will be impeding spawning activities there.
Edit: To add, I did speak to the head ghillie at Meikleour last year just to ask about the control measures that are available, and yes, because they have farmland (at the appropriate grading) they would be allowed to shoot them, but I believe the licence is such that you can only shoot them in the Autumn/Winter and after dark? Which is not a massively appealling prospect for the estate.
I’m interested to know about them. I hear the positives, as you do, but interested to hear a balanced review from an estate that has them.
Arbshot
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They have been in the Avon at Warleigh for a couple of years or more, most likely offspring from a release on the Frome a few years before…
Many years ago(mid 70's) I went for an interview for the Gamekeeper's job at Cricket St Thomas. There were beavers on one of the estate ponds then. Never took the offered job as the accommodation was.awful and my own personal beaver at that time wouldn't have lived in it.
Heym SR20
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Beavers can be fantastic for preventing flooding and cleaning up water courses. Beaver dams hold back run off from fields and mountains, and by holding back the water they also capture the silt. Microbes that in the damn walls can also clean out runoff from effluent etc.
This will improve water course and cleanliness of streams, rivers and in particular gravel beds for spawning fish. Running fish such as salmon evolved alongside beavers and should be able to jump beaver damns.
In many catchments we are getting significant runoff because of the impact of forestry, forestry roads, and worse, wind farms which have huge levels of drainage. Keep this water back.
Beavers can definitely do significant damage in lower catchment areas, especially when damns cause flooding to houses. But often this flooding is really coming from higher up the catchment and the flood waters should have been slowed down much higher up.
Beavers are a natural part of the UK and European ecosystem. However the powers that be have removed the possibilities of being able to manage them or indeed use them as a resource to make garments with and to eat.
This will improve water course and cleanliness of streams, rivers and in particular gravel beds for spawning fish. Running fish such as salmon evolved alongside beavers and should be able to jump beaver damns.
In many catchments we are getting significant runoff because of the impact of forestry, forestry roads, and worse, wind farms which have huge levels of drainage. Keep this water back.
Beavers can definitely do significant damage in lower catchment areas, especially when damns cause flooding to houses. But often this flooding is really coming from higher up the catchment and the flood waters should have been slowed down much higher up.
Beavers are a natural part of the UK and European ecosystem. However the powers that be have removed the possibilities of being able to manage them or indeed use them as a resource to make garments with and to eat.
BenBhoy
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Speak for yourself boyo!! Alive and kicking here, beaver crazy!! I'll be 80 and still hunting beaver mate!! I've been compared to that annoying jack Russell that leg humps!!
Old man used to occasionally get invited to shoot there. The fool next to him shot a flamingo on one drive.
Nah mate - too tired for foxing wernt ya ! hahhahahahhahaSpeak for yourself boyo!! Alive and kicking here, beaver crazy!! I'll be 80 and still hunting beaver mate!! I've been compared to that annoying jack Russell that leg humps!!
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