Return Of The Beavers Poem by Colin Ian Jeffery

Beavers once again
Living wild and free
In the Cornish countryside
Raising families
Back among British wildlife.

One of the largest busiest rodents
Lifespan twenty-four years
Building burrows in river banks and lakes
Gnawing down trees creating dams
And large ponds beavers love.

Domelike homes called lodges
Made from branches and mud
Reached by swimming under water
Dwellings for monogamous parents
Harbivores eating leaves, bark, twigs, roots.

Ungainly waddle on land, graceful in water
Huge webbed feet, paddle-shaped tail
Remaining under water for fifteen minutes
Transparent eyelids like goggles
Fur oily and waterproof.

Another lost species of British wildlife
Returned to delight nature lovers
No more hunted for fur
Admired as beauty of God's creation
Busy beaver joyfully raising young.