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.
Reflections on Northumberland’s first year of beavers Read More »
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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Earlier this month Argaty Red Kites, near Doune, was pleased to welcome a further beaver family onto their working farm.
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Forestry England has released a family of beavers into an enclosure in Wyre Forest, Worcestershire, as part of their commitment to bring the species back to the nation’s forests. Following successful reintroductions in the Forest of Dean and Yorkshire, Forestry England has teamed up with Natural England and experts at the Beaver Trust, to bring
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A pair of Eurasian beavers and one dependant are settling into their new home after arriving at RSPB Scotland Insh Marshes nature reserve in the Cairngorms National Park on Monday 4 March.
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Two more beavers have been released at Knapdale to help consolidate the population and strengthen the beaver community’s chance of breeding success.
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