Beavers were released about 10 miles from Ardfern in 2009 and are now well established. We went in search of them, found lots of signs of them and saw a lodge (a beaver house) on a freshwater loch but not a beaver. Probably because we were there in the afternoon and they are active dawn and dusk. Amazed by the size of some of the trees they would fell - this is probably just one days work! They fell them so they can then eat the bark. They do a great job at ‘habitat management’ and apparently the number of other wildlife - dragonflies, otters and amphibians has increased since the beavers have been here.