At 03:30 on July 6th 1922, beneath a Nordic sunrise, a wooden crate was eased open on the banks of a Swedish backwater. Two Eurasian beavers slipped into the current and vanished downstream. The tiny audience held its breath. For the first time in decades, Sweden had beavers again. Sweden had only just realised what […]
Loch Ard Forest is set to become home to an additional pair of beavers. Working with the Beaver Trust, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) released the pair into a small lochan with good areas of wet woodland around the edge of the water and where there are currently no beavers present. The FLS managed site
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Severn Rivers Trust, in collaboration with landowner Trevor Wheeler, the Environment Agency, Shropshire Wildlife Trust and the Shropshire Hills National Landscape Team, release a pair of beavers into a new enclosure in the Shropshire Hills, helping to restore natural processes in this precious upland landscape. Severn Rivers Trust, with input from key partners and the
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After months of careful planning and preparation, a family of eight beavers have been released at the Nene Wetlands in Northamptonshire. They are now exploring their new home at Delta Pit lake next door to the popular Rushden Lakes shopping centre.
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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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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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The first beavers to be translocated to the Cairngorms are settling into their new home after arriving in the National Park earlier this week.
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