Beaver respondents
People who informed us about beaver occurrences in the past
Below you will find the names of those persons (in alphabetical order), who informed us via our form or per email about the occurrence of beavers, which were not present on our distribution map so far.
Since the start of this website by the end of 2010, messages have reached us. Of this messages, notes were submitted anonymously. The remaining hints were provided by participants.
We would like to take the opportunity once again to thank all the people mentioned here for their contribution and dedication!
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| Anonymous | River Südradde between Herßum and Helminghausen; felled tree, winter 2009/2010 | there were no recent hints of beaver activity in early 2012; several older cuttings and felled trees were found at the ponds east of the road; most likely this area is currently utilised by coypus, which are also responsible for the fresh cuttings |
| oxbow of the River Hase near Essen (Oldb.)/Gravenhorst; animals present since approximately 8 years | unfortunately in February 2012 only older hints could be found, which indicated the former occurrence of beavers; currently this area is no longer inhabited; probably there have occurred some problems because the beavers have felled trees in a small plantation of deciduous trees (we would appreciate some further informations if possible!) Update 2017: by the End of 2016, the oxbow is again inhabited by a beaver |
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| River Lagerhase near Essen (Oldb.) | in February 2012 upstream as well as downstream of the B68 current evidences of beaver activities had been found; most likely from one single animal; because the River Lagerhase in this area is not very suitable for beavers, the establishment of a permanent settlement is not very probable; however, there were still some current signs in early 2013 at the nearby pond at the left hand Riverbank Update 2017: since early 2014 a beaver family is using this area |
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| River Hase near Meppen between km 3.5 and 4; lodge, decorticated sticks, gnawing traces, felled trees | the detected signs most likely belong to the already known occurrence in this area between km 1.5 and 4 (nevertheless, many thanks for the present reference!) | |
| ponds at the former sand pit near Bokeloh; lodge, dam, decorticated sticks, gnawing traces, felled trees | beaver signs could be found in all three ponds at the southern edge of the sand pit by the end of January 2013; the number of different signs found by us suggests the presence of more than one animal at the sand pit; however, it is not entirely clear whether this is a stand-alone territory, or whether the ponds are visited by animals from the nearby River Hase | |
| findings at the channel Hahnenmoorkanal near Herzlake on April 2015 | unfortunately we had some technical problems with our web form so that the exact location was not transferred; at the Hahnenmoorkanal along the Ehrener forest there were no beaver signs to be detected by the end of April 2015 | |
| observation of a beaver at the Hakengraben between the Klasmann-Deilmann factory and the moor museum in July 2016 | there were no signs of beaver activity along the entire Hakengraben in August 2016; probably a coypu, which can be found all along the Hakengraben, has been observed | |
| reporting of a dead beaver in the river Hase near Lehrte in May 2020 | we had no possibillity to rescue the dead animal; with regard to the season (migration of the two-year-old young animals), the animal could be the victim of territorial disputes (one of the most frequent natural causes of death in beavers are infectious bite wounds after territorial disputes) | |
| beaver signs in a left-side ditch of the river Lager Hase above Essen (Oldbg.) opposite of Osteressen in March 2021; the animals have been there for about 3 years | in this area as well as along the river Lager Hase in the direction of Essen (Oldbg.), relatively many beaver signs were found at the beginning of April 2021, so that it can be assumed that the ditch is also used by the animals from the family territory near Essen (Oldbg.) (for an independent territory within the ditch the food availability would be too low in the long run) | |
| felling of a tree near Schepsdorf / "Am Schwalbenufer" on the left bank of the river Ems near the entrance to the dog training area in October 2021; the crown of the felled tree still protudes a little onto the footpath next to the street | a family of beavers lives at the river Ems below Schepsdorf; the first evidence of the presence of beavers in this section of the Ems was found in 2003; beavers in this section of the Ems were found as early as 2003, and since about 2009 this area has been used by a beaver family; this part of the river Ems has been continuously inhabited since then | |
| Hermann Altevers, Meppen | Fullener forest/ditch Wesuwer Schloot | there is a settlement of a beaver family at this area |
| John Arends, Meppen | decorticated sticks and gnawing traces along the River Ems near Holthausen in March 2015 | two beaver families are settling in this area; probably the signs are from members from one of these families |
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| Heiko Baarlink | Vechte near Laar at the border to the Netherlands | in spring 2015 a single animal is using this area |
| Dunja Baensch, Freren | sighting of a beaver in a ditch near Freren-Suttrup | by the beginning of November 2016 no beaver signs were found at that ditch and other nearby waters |
| Uwe Berger, Freren | discovering of two dead beavers in several weeks interval in spring 2011 | according to Mr. Berger, both animals have been shot |
| Frank Berning, ULV Nr. 94/95, Lingen | Lingener Mühlenbach at the waterworks Grumsmühlen | by the End of 2015 a single animal is settling over here; update May 2016: the animal has left already (the small dams and the bank den have been removed) |
| Tobias Böckermann, Meppen | nature protection area "Versener Heideseen"/ditchl Wesuwer Schloot | some older cuttings most likely caused by migrating animals; no permanent settlement |
| brook Goldbach | no settlement in autumn/winter 2011; only old cuttings | |
| Heinrich Boving, Rieste | decorticated sticks, gnawing traces, photos taken by a wildlife camera at the River Hase near Rieste in January 2015 | a single animal is using this area (most likely since 2011) |
| Carsten Burgtorf, Geeste | visual observation, decorticated sticks and gnawing traces at the Hakengraben near the motorway bridge and the Klasmann-Deilmann company at the beginning of July 2021 | this is probably the animal that was found a little further down the Hakengraben in April/May 2021 Update March 2022: at the Hakengraben at the level of the peat works and the Moor Museum, some old tracks were found, which confirm the assumption that these are signs of the animal from the hook ditch further down the ditch |
| gnawing marks and visual observation of a beaver at a pond at the motorway service area on the A31 near Groß Hesepe by the end of April 2022 | during a check a few days later, we found further signs at the pond, which indicate the presence of a single beaver | |
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| Jürgen Christiansen, Biologische Station Haseniederung e.V., Alfhausen | decorticated sticks, gnawing traces, photos taken by a wildlife camera at the River Hase near Rieste in January 2015 | a single animal is using this area (most likely since 2011) |
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| Agnes de Vries-Koop, Emmercompascuum, Niederlande | channel Süd-Nord-Kanal and adjacent ditches near Schöninghsdorf | several recent cuttings and felled trees in spring 2012 suggests presence of a beaver family |
| Björg Dewert, Verein zur Revitalisierung der Haseauen e.V. | gnawing traces and cuttings at the Polder Lüsche early 2020 | in early 2020 most probably this area is been occupied by a single animal |
| Günter Dieker, NLWKN Meppen resp. Hase Wasseracht, Löningen | brook Löninger Mühlenbach | in summer/autumn 2011 utilised by a single animal |
| Hopener Mühlenbach near Dinklage and Calhorner Mühlenbach near Bevern; recent cuttings and gnawing traces by the end of October 2021 | after a control at the beginning of November 2021, a single beaver settled in each respective section of the two watercourses | |
| Fabian Dietz | gnawing traces and decorticated sticks at the biotope at the Speicherbecken Geeste | since a few years, a beaver familiy is living at the biotope; most likely the signs found can be assigend to members of this family |
| Jürgen Düing, Haselünne | precise location information missing | - |
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| Christoph Elbert, Meppen | River Ems at the level of the oxbow "Roheide" between km 167 and 169 | in autumn 2011 recent gnawing tracks and beaver exits |
| oxbow "Roheide" of the River Ems | in autumn 2011 recent gnawing tracks and beaver exits | |
| River Nordradde | in autumn 2011 recent gnawing tracks, scent marks and beaver exits were found in a tributary of the River Nordradde | |
| ponds at the former sand pit near Bokeloh; lodge, dam, decorticated sticks, gnawing traces, felled trees | beaver signs could be found in all three ponds at the southern edge of the sand pit by the end of January 2013; the number of different signs found by us suggests the presence of more than one animal at the sand pit; however, it is not entirely clear whether this is a stand-alone territory, or whether the ponds are visited by animals from the nearby River Hase | |
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| Klaus Goedde, Salzbergen | discovery of a lodge in a rain collecting basin near Salzbergen in December 2014 | the discovered lodge was build by a muskrat family |
| Ines Gundel, Haren | River Ems between Haren and Raken | a side arm of the River Ems (harbour area of the Emsländische Baustoffwerke) is utilised by a single animal which is using the River Ems between Haren and Raken as well |
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| Sina Hankofer, Mepppen | river Ems above Meppen; many fresh signs of beaver activities at the right bank of the river in mid-April 2021 | first beaver signs were found in 1999, permanent beaver settlement in this section of the river Ems since 2006 at least; since the year 2009 we suspect the presence of a beaver family in this section |
| Josef Heidemann, Haselünne | ditch along the B70, Meppen bypass | in autumn/winter 2011 several old and a few recent feeding traces were found; the ditch is used occasionally by the animals settling at adjacent part of the River Ems |
| David Hemme, Meppen | visual observation of two beavers on the cycle path along the Dortmund-Ems Canal downstream of Meppen by the end of November 2021 | several beaver territories are known along the Ems downstream of Meppen; the observed animals probably belong to one of these territories |
| Markus Hilse | beaver dam at the Hase oxbow between Farwick and Gravenhorst | at the start of 2017 two smaller dams were found at the western arm of the oxbow as well as some recent cuttings which indicates the (re-)inhabitation of the oxbow by a single beaver |
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| Giesela Imming, Klein Hesepe | photo evidence of gnaw marks and some smaller fellings in the Hakengraben at the end of April 2021 | in mid-June 2021, we found fresh tracks in the Hakengraben, so we assume that a single animal is currently living there; it is probably a young animal of about two years of age, which is trying to establish its own territory (however, the Hakengraben seems unsuitable for a permanent settlement). |
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| Peter Kattke, Haren | Fullener forest/ditch Wesuwer Schloot | there is a settlement of a beaver family at this area |
| Sonja Kircher, Giengen an der Brenz | fresh gnawing traces at a large tree along the river Ems near the Emsauenpark, Lingen in April 2022 | since approximately the year 2009, this part of the river Ems is occupied by a beaver family, the gnawing traces are most probably caused by one of the members of that family |
| Dennis Knoll, Meppen | finding of a lodge / burrow at the River Ems between Rühle and Meppen in March 2015 | this area is used by a beaver family, to which the burrow most likely belongs |
| Christiane Kortmann, Ohrtermersch | decorticated sticks, gnawing traces and photos taken by a wildlife camera at the brook Lager Bach near Wettrup in February 2015 | at this area settles a beaver family in spring 2015 (probably already since 2010) |
| Uwe Kossmann | gnawing traces and cuttings at the Polder Lüsche early 2020 | in early 2020 most probably this area is been occupied by a single animal |
| Maria Krämer | precise location information missing | - |
| Horst Kremer, Aschendorf | nature protection area "Emsauen" between Rhede and Aschendorf | by the end of April 2012 there were no unambiguous signs of beavers to be found at the River Ems and its tributaries near Aschendorf; perhaps the beaver sighted was a migrating animal |
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| Andreas Lampe, Hamburg | Ems near Salzbergen | by the End of 2015 a single animal is settling over here |
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| Carsten Marien, Meppen | Fullener forest/ditch Wesuwer Schloot | there is a settlement of a beaver family at this area |
| nature protection area "Versener Heideseen"/ditchl Wesuwer Schloot | some older cuttings most likely caused by migrating animals; no permanent settlement | |
| nature protection area "Hasealtarm und Hase-Insel"; gnawing traces, decorticated sticks, and dam | by the beginning of March 2013 recent cuttings, gnawing traces, and decorticated sticks were found; probably this are is used by an animal settling in the River Hase | |
| dam, decorticated sticks and gnawing traces at the Hudener Moor in October 2014 | the Hudener Moor is populated by a beaver family in spring 2014 | |
| Vincent Martens, Dalfsen, Niederlande | River Vecht(e) near Hardenberg, beaver sighting proved by a photo taken by Wouter Nijlan, Odenzaal, Netherlands in June 2014 | most probably this was a migrating animal, because this part of the River Vecht only has a few single willow bushes near the River bank, which makes it unsuitable for a permanent settlement of beavers |
| gnawing traces at the River Vechte near Laar in November 2014 | in spring 2015 a single animal is using this area | |
| Heiner Meyer, Papenburg | Hauptmarschschloot / Ems side arm near Borsum; gnawing traces in summer 2016 | by the start of 2016 a single beaver is using this area (probably since 2015) |
| Wilhelm Meyer, Twist | Fullener forest/ditch Wesuwer Schloot | there is a settlement of a beaver family at this area |
| Andreas Moß, Meppen | Drainage ditch near Helter Damm, beaver sighting (photo) at July 2016 | - |
| Marion Mönning, Westoverledingen | sighting of a beaver in a pond near the Friesen bridge near Weener by the end of April 2017 | Anfang Juni 2017the pond has nearly dried out and no signs of beaver activity could be found |
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| Dietmar Niemann, Meppen | Schwefinger Graben near Meppen, Meppener Kuhweide, beaver dam | in November 2016 a single animal (or probably a pair) inhabits a pond which is connected to the Schwefinger Graben by a small ditch; some clearly older signs of beavers are indicating, that this pond has been visited repeatedly by beavers in the past |
| Rasmus Niemann, Hannover | gnawing traces at the Ricklinger Gautenwater (side arm of the river Ihme), Hannover-Ricklingen at the level of the Helene-Weber-Bridge | by the end of 2018 the territory of a single animal was identified in this area; there may be more than on animal in the meantime |
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| Michaela Oltmanns, Rastede | River Ems near Meppen, oxbow Roheide, direct sighting | since some time a beaver family settles at this area |
| Jürgen Otten, Meppen | decorticated sticks and gnawing traces at the River Ems near Schwefingen in December 2014 | from this area the settlements of two beaver families are known; the detected signs are most likely caused by members of one of these two families |
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| Gerd Penningbernd, Wettrup | lodge/burrow at the brook Lager Bach near Wettrup in October 2011 | by spring 2015 a beaver family is settling at this area |
| Christian Peukert, NFA Ankum, Ankum | Fullener forest/ditch Wesuwer Schloot | there is a settlement of a beaver family at this area |
| Josef Pobandt, Geeste | oxbow "Roheide" of the River Ems/yacht harbour Meppen | in autumn 2011 recent gnawing tracks and beaver exits |
| Ludger Pott, Untere Naturschutzbehörde, Meppen | Fullener forest/ditch Wesuwer Schloot | there is a settlement of a beaver family at this area |
| nature protection area "Versener Heideseen"/ditchl Wesuwer Schloot | some older cuttings most likely caused by migrating animals; no permanent settlement | |
| Rudolf Pricker, Fresenburg | River Ems below the weir "Bollingerfähr" | both, at the River Ems as well as at the right handed ponds several recent cuttings and felled trees were found, which makes a permanent settlement likely |
| cuttings, decorticated sticks, and gnawing traces at the side channel Gleesen-Papenburg near Renkenberge in April 2015 | in spring 2015 most likely a beaver pair settles at this area | |
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| Thomas Rziha | River Ems near Wachendorf (photos) | gnawing traces probably from animals from the adjacent territory |
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| Eduard Schmeer, Meppen | Hudener Moor; dam in a drainage ditch | the Hudener Moor is populated by a beaver family in spring 2014 |
| ditch Kamphausgraben; dam | in January 2012 the dam was cleared; because only older cuttings and an older felled tree was to be detected, a permanent settlement of beavers appears to be unlikely | |
| Anja Schmidt, Georgsdorf | channel Süd-Nord-Kanal between Georgsdorf and Adorf (a beaver carcass was found) in May 2014 | unfortunately the dead animal reported in May 2014 could not be salvaged; probably the run-over beaver was a migrating animal from one of the territories situated further north in the channel |
| Dr. Andreas Schüring, Werlte | ditch Hakengraben and ditch widening near Sögel | by the middle of May 2013 several gnawing traces, scent marks, as well as a lodge at the Riverbank were found; the settlement of a single animal, which is present at this area for at least one year, appears to be most likely |
| Bernd Schuster, Kühren/Helmstorf | gnawing traces, decorticated sticks, exits, and runways at the River Südradde and the Timmerlager Bach near the mouth of the Timmerlager Bach in Spring 2017 | a single animal is present at this location at least since the start of 2015 |
| Emili & Theo Sommer, Lingen | River Hase near Lahre, gnawing traces and direct sightings in August 2014 | in this part of the River Hase a beaver family is located for some time |
| Franz Spinneker, Haren | River Ems between Haren and Landegge | a side arm of the River Ems (harbour area of the Emsländische Baustoffwerke) is utilised by a single animal which is using the River Ems between Haren and Raken as well |
| mouth of the brook Meersbach into the River Ems | most probably coypus were observed; at this part, the River Ems is unsuitable for beavers (technical bank reinforcement); no beaver signs could be detected, neither at the River Ems nor at the brook Meersbach | |
| pond in Haren/brook Wesuwer Brookgraben (direct sighting; parents with four pubs) | because of the location and the number of observed pubs most probably a coypu family was observed | |
| Tim Suntrup, Meppen | beaver sighting at the River Nordradde below the Herrenmühle as well as near the Schlagbrückener See | most likely animals from the territory at the oxbow "Roheide" were observed |
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| Heinz Thieken, Dersum | ditch towards the Dersumer Schloot south of Heede | because the banks of the Dersumer Schloot are lacking groves almost completely an by the end of January 2012 there were no signs of beaver activity to be found at the reported location, probably only migrating animals or coypus were observed |
| Frank Thölke, Landkreis CLoppenburg | feeding traces, cuttings, and felled trees at a tributary of the River Südradde near Emkerfeld in January 2015 | at this area a single animal was determined in spring 2015 |
| Dr. Jörg Tillmann, Osnabrück | gnawing traces and decorticated sticks at the river Hase near Achmer directly above the Mittelland Canal culvert in early April 2020 | a single animal is most likely to settle in this area; an immigration probably took place during the pronounced drought in the summer of 2019, when the culvert could be passed swimming (below the culvert there were no signs of beavers, however, signs of Nutrias were found) |
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| Hendrik van der Weide, Klein Hesepe | sightings and photographic verification of a beaver at the ditch Hakengraben in April 2015 | probably this animal belongs to a territory at the River Ems and has inspected the ditch Hakengraben (the ditch itself is not suitable for a permanent settlement of beavers) |
| sightings and photographic verification of a beaver at the ditch Hakengraben in May 2021 | in mid-June 2021, we found fresh tracks in the Hakengraben, so we assume that a single animal is currently living there; it is probably a young animal of about two years of age, which is trying to establish its own territory (however, the Hakengraben seems unsuitable for a permanent settlement of beavers) | |
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| Ralf Weigelt, Oer-Erkenschwick | beaver sightings at the River Goldfischdever near the camping ground Goldfisch in January 2016 | most probably an animal from the territory near Heede was observed |
| gnawing traces at trees in the oxbow Bersum in January 2016 | by the beginning of 2016 a single animal seems to be present in the oxbow Bersum; several older beaver signs point to the fact, that this area has been repeatedly visited by beavers | |
| Dieter Weisbach, Haren | feeding marks on several trees on the bank of the Süd-Nord-Kanal at the height of Peterdose Ost directly north of the Rütenbrock indoor riding arena at the end of January 2022 | by the beginning of March 2022 there seems to be a solitary animal present in the Süd-Nord-Kanal between Altenberge and Fehndorf (possibly it is only a migrating animal) |
| Margaretha Wermelt, Lingen | beaver sighting at the oxbow Lahre near the observation tower mid-May 2020 | at the oxbows Lahre and Lehrte, and an the Hase above and below, a beaver family has settled for some time; probably one of the family members was observed |
| Johannes Westphal | quite a large animal was crossing the road between Clarholz and Marienfeld at the road bridge across the River Ems in August 2015 | by September 2015 only signs of coypus (feeding traces, exits) could be observed at this area |
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| Benjamin Zerhusen, Wilhelmshaven | beaver signs and sightings at the river Hunte between Oelmühle and Westrittrum early June 2020 | a beaver occurrence in this section of the Hunte is known since the end of 2017; at first we assumed that there was only one single animal, but in the meantime several animals might have settled here |
| Thomas Zumsande, Lehe | finding of a beaver carcasse at the B70 near the Speicherbecken Geeste in August 2015 | at the nature protection area at the Speicherbecken Geeste the presence of a beaver family is known since some time; most likely the run-over animal comes from here |