In case you have missed the story – there are beavers in the wild in Devon again! It is quite a long and complicated story but you can see a full account so far here. As a result we went for a short walk (and a cup of tea) from Budleigh Salterton to Otterton Mill on the River Otter to see if we could see any signs of the beavers.
This is a close as we got! (and there’s always one with the ‘witty’ wildlife sightings comment)
I suspect that the stretch from the sea to Otterton Mill is just too busy for the beavers except in the depth of the night – there really were a lot of people out yesterday on that walk and quite right too – it was a lovely day.
Alder ‘cones’
Willow flowers
And a couple of lovely swans
Well lets hope that the beavers flourish and are not persecuted – its good to see an extinct species return – lets hope its the first of many…..
And well done Devon Wildlife Trust for making it happen
your photos of the swans and an earlier one of the sailboat at low tide (from a previous post) are stunningly beautiful. like fine old oil paintings. may i have permission to put them on pinterest?
i lived three years in deepest devon near dartmoor. it is sorely missed as am now in america. your blog is a my re-connect and an utter joy.
keep up the extraordinary work you do.
many thanks. 🙂
Thank you – of course you can – glad you like my pics