"This animal just appeared in our reserve. No one knows where it's come from, but it's found what I consider a perfect beaver habitat, said the reserve's manager, Richard Spowage. He estimates the beaver has been living in an isolated and almost impenetrable area of the reserve for about a month. It's a section of the river that we've left to go wild, he added. There's plenty of tree cover and we think it might be travelling into the adjacent marshes, hunting for food."
"The beaver a nocturnal vegetarian is collecting willow trees at night and building a larder of bark to store near its home. It's turned up and it's just doing what a beaver does, which is cutting down trees and gathering food for the winter. That way, once it gets too cold, or if there's too much flooding, it can just stay in its little lodge and keep warm, Spowage said."
A wild beaver was filmed dragging logs and establishing a lodge on the River Wensum at Pensthorpe nature reserve near Fakenham. The animal appears to occupy an isolated, almost impenetrable stretch of river left to revert to wild conditions, with ample tree cover and access to adjacent marshes. Pointed stumps and distinctive wood chips revealed its presence and prompted camera traps that captured nocturnal activity. The beaver is cutting willow and storing bark near its home to build a winter larder and shelter. This marks the first recorded free-living beaver in Norfolk since re-establishment efforts began in England in 2015 and since historical extinction in the 16th century.
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