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Sub-adult and kit exploring their new home Nene Wetlands

Guest blog: Ten out of ten for the Nene Valley beavers

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Isabella Clarke is an independent researcher and broadcast journalist who volunteers with Wildlife Trust BCN. After years of planning, flooding and unexpected obstacles, a family of beavers has begun transforming a Northamptonshire reserve – Isabella went to see the changes first-hand. “Nothing can prepare you before you see what the beavers do,’ says Ben Casey, […]

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From Bjurälven to Britain: 103 years of beaver comebacks – and why we’re still catching up

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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

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