Nature reserve visitors are to be given a closer look at beaver family

Planners’ green light for a new observation station

- By ELGAN HEARN

VISITORS to a nature reserve will be able to view beavers from an observatory soon after plans were given the go ahead by county planners.

In February, Emyr Evans of Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust lodged a planning application with Powys County Council to build a beaver observation building at Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve at Derwenlas near Machynlleth.

The nature reserve has a seven-acre enclosure which is home to a small family of beavers.

The proposal is for the installation of an observation building and a boardwalk access that will connect it to an existing pathway.

A feeding station will also form part of the building which is essentially a small flat decking area adjacent to the windows facing the bog /watercourse.