Beavers do dam fine; WILDLIFE.BEAVERS have built a dam in England for the first time in 800 years. The two-year-old pair were brought from Europe last year and given a large enclosure enclosure (inclosure) n. land bounded by a fence, wall, hedge, ditch or other physical evidence of boundary. Unfortunately, too often these creations are not included among the actual legally-described boundaries and cause legal problems. ENCLOSURE. next to a river. They have now created their own 6ft dam with mud, bark bark, sailing vessel bark or barque (both: bärk), sailing vessel with three masts, of which the mainmast and the foremast are square-rigged while the mizzenmast is fore-and-aft-rigged. and twigs at the Escot Estate in Ottery St Mary, Devon - the first here since the 13th century. The estate's John-Michael Kennaway said: "It is quite a feat of engineering for two small beavers. "We now think they are breeding." |
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