Exciting news in the latest Dorset Wildlife Trust magazine, Dorset Wildlife, is of the intention to set up home for a pair of Beavers in the county, with plenty of space to safely study how they impact on wildlife and water.
DWT believe they will find the beavers improve water quality, help reduce flooding and their presence and waterway engineering will improve the area for a host of other creatures too, (*including kingfishers, water voles and dragonflies.)
The project will enable people to get a close up view of these wonderfully charismatic animals. The trial site will be used as a place of learning, for people from all backgrounds, farmers, landowners, anglers, conversationalists, local communities and academic institutions. A significant part of the funding has been aquired, but more is needed in the shape of match funding, whereby every £1 donated may release a further £10.
Details are at dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/beaverappeal
The chosen site has not been disclosed and the South Winterborne, with its close proximity to roads, doesn't seem a likely choice, but the introduction of beavers as a means of flood control (their dams slow down the flow of water) does highlight that modern flood control methods involve slowing down the flow, not attempting to speed it up as has been the objective in recent years in the valley.
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