In 30 years of fishing on the River Chew, Joe Burgoyne had never seen a beaver. So he was stunned to see one swimming towards him.
Joe said: “I have been fishing that river for 30 years, since I was a kid and I’ve never seen anything like it. It is a secluded spot and I’d climbed down the bank.”
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