Celebrating Dr Roisin Campbell-Palmer, Beaver Trust’s Head of Restoration, who was recognised at the prestigious International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) 2024 Animal Action Awards for her 15 years of leadership in restoring beavers to Britain. The 24th annual ceremony, held on 17 October 2024 at London’s BAFTA headquarters, recognised three individuals who have made […]
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A collaborative effort between The Lost Gardens of Heligan, The Welsh Beaver Project, Beaver Trust and Natural England has led to the successful translocation of Byrti, a four-year-old beaver, to Cornwall.
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We are delighted that yesterday the Welsh Government announced its support for the managed reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver in Wales, recognising the species’ crucial role in tackling the biodiversity crisis and building climate resilience. Thanks to the longstanding work undertaken by Wildlife Trusts Wales and partner organisations, this is another significant boost in the
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At least two new kits have appeared just 8 months after pioneering reintroduction of beaver family at Paradise Fields in Ealing, West London The birth of at least 2 new babies in a family of beavers now thriving in urban London is being celebrated as both a historic achievement and a huge advancement in
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First beaver kits in 400 years born in the wild in the Cairngorms National Park Beavers released earlier this year have successfully bred and given birth to two kits, making them the first wild-born beavers in the Cairngorms in over 400 years. The beaver kits were born to two of the six family groups that
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Yesterday saw the publication of NatureScot’s Beaver Management Report for 2023, and we commend the significant progress that has been made in the last 15 months to work towards delivering Scotland’s Beaver Strategy. In collaboration with Five Sisters Zoo and under the direction and licensing of NatureScot, Beaver Trust have utilised our expanded holding facilities
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I still get goosebumps thinking back to the release day, standing in the sunshine on the bank of a small stream in rural Northumberland not long after starting at Beaver Trust.
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Outside of the River Otter and licensed enclosures, little was publically known about the distribution and population size of wild beavers in England until these two comprehensive surveys.
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In a touching tale of resilience, the beaver originally rescued from a beach on the West coast of Scotland by the local Police, Coastguard and Scottish SPCA, has successfully recovered and been released today at a Forestry Land Scotland site in the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park along with a female and a juvenile.
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Two beavers have moved into a second enclosure in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Last Wednesday marked more than a year of work between Forestry England and the Beaver Trust to reintroduce adult beavers to a 12-hectare enclosure at Perry Hay, near Spruce Ride at Speech House. The male beaver from Devon was originally born
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