We look forward to working with the Welsh Government and partners to deliver proactive restoration of the Eurasian beaver, supporting nature recovery and building climate resilience across the country. 4/4
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We hope this marks the first step towards the wider restoration of beavers in Wales, and that strengthened protection is swiftly followed by a clear management framework, wild release licensing system and national beaver strategy. 3/4
We’re grateful for the longstanding work of Wildlife Trusts Wales and partners in reaching this milestone, and hope that a management framework, licensing system & national strategy will follow soon. 2/4
Today, full legal protection has been granted in Wales and beavers are recognised as a native species by the Welsh Government. This brings Wales in line with Scotland & England, ensuring cross-border consistency.
Find out more 👇 1/4
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What a great event, thank you for inviting us to speak! 🦫
We’re excited for Richard to lead Beaver Trust and our rapidly growing team into its next chapter, strengthening partnerships across Scotland, England and Wales as beaver restoration gathers pace nationwide. You can read more here 👇 3/3
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Richard comes to Beaver Trust with a wealth of knowledge and experience. He has been Managing Director of Nature Positive Ltd, and has a background in science, ecology and conservation. 2/3
Dr Richard Young has begun his role as CEO of Beaver Trust! Richard says “I’m thrilled to join Beaver Trust, and I see the large-scale restoration of beavers as a generational opportunity to have a transformative impact on nature and climate change resilience.” 1/3
Clean Water Now is supported by: @wclnews.bsky.social, @theriverstrust.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk, the Woodland Trust and the Wildlife Trusts 5/5
Email your MP today and demand a law that stops polluters, fixes what's broken and delivers clean water − and now 👇
action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/clean... 4/5
Healthy, connected river corridors are essential for species recovery, including beavers. When rivers are cleaner and given space to reconnect with their floodplains, natural processes - including those driven by beavers - can contribute to long-term resilience. 3/5
Clean Water Now calls for a strengthening of the regulatory frameworks to reduce pollution and restore nature to England’s waterways. The call for blue corridors as a pillar of this campaign shows growing backing for MS4W: a network of connected, nature-rich river corridors. 2/5
Our support for both ‘Making Space for Water’ (#MS4W) and Wildlife and Countryside Link’s ‘Clean Water Now’ campaign reflects a shared vision: restored rivers that are clean, healthy and functioning naturally. 1/5
Beavers are excellent ecosystem engineers, and they will complement Nattergal’s recent work to re-wiggle the West Glen river, restore natural processes in their new 200ha enclosure, benefit local wildlife and strengthen climate resilience. 3/3
Having worked with them on this project, seeing the hard work of the Nattergal team translate into this release is a great moment.
The beaver family came from Scotland and completed their health check at Five Sisters Zoo before being released. 2/3
Beavers have been released at Boothby Wildland 🦫
It has been wonderful to support Nattergal on this release. Our feasibility assessment showed that Boothby Wildland has the space, hydrology and long-term management commitment needed to support beavers successfully. 1/3
Read the full story of the Coille Bharr wetland, with insights from Argyll Beaver Centre and our restoration team, and discover what regenerating landscapes can truly look like 👇
beavertrust.org/a-landscape-... [5/5]
An overhead shot of the wetland, it looks lush and green
Today, it stands as one of the clearest demonstrations of what beavers can achieve when given space and time — vindicating the success of the Scottish Beaver Trial.
A living, shifting wetland shaped by a keystone species absent for over 400 years. [4/5]
An overhead image of the area after beavers, taken in July 2024. The felled area has become a wetland, there is naturally regenerating forest, a stream, a beaver lodge and two beaver dams
Beavers arrived around 2014–15 and quickly reshaped the landscape, building dams that reconnected the stream to its floodplain, rewetted the site and created rich habitat for a wide range of species. [3/5]
A detailed overhead photograph of the landscape before beavers in January 2010. There is non-native monoculture forestry, a large empty felled forestry area, and a straitened stream
A satellite image from 2010 shows a drained forestry site, with an incised stream running through non-native plantation and clear-felled blocks.
Following felling FLS chose natural regeneration over restocking Sitka, and young native trees soon established. [2/5]
Regenerating landscapes
In Knapdale, below one of the original Scottish Beaver Trial sites, a former commercial forestry block has been transformed into a thriving wetland by Forestry and Land Scotland and beavers working together. 🦫🌿 [1/5]
Hi Richard, thank you for your kind offer! We're not currently seeking volunteers, but may need some in future. If you would like us to keep you on file to be contacted about future opportunities, please complete this form: beavertrust.beaconforms.com/form/7c379893
Working together, we can accelerate human–beaver coexistence at scale. Learn more or contribute 👉 www.beaverknowledgehub.com
This is a collaboration between STOWA and the @interregnwe.bsky.social Bonsai Project, Environment Agency, Natural England, Beaver Trust and the Dutch Mammal Society 3/3
We’re proud to be partners of the International Beaver Knowledge Hub. Built by practitioners, it provides practical insights to beaver management challenges, showcases beavers’ role in resilient ecosystems, and creates space to share research, lessons, and best practice. 2/3
The International Beaver Knowledge Hub is live! As beavers return to Europe, we have a shared responsibility to learn from each other. From coexistence to policy; collaboration, evidence and knowledge exchange are essential to support successful, long-term restoration. 1/3
In her blog, Sandra reflects on her time as CEO. “As I prepare to step away from my role as Beaver Trust's CEO, I have found myself reflecting on [Beaver Trust’s] achievements, as well as some of my personal highlights. “ Read more👇
https://beavertrust.org/four-years-of-progress/
Beaver Trust selected Parsnip using the Beaver Studbook, to ensure it was a healthy, genetically diverse pairing. The pair are a part of Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s wild release project, joining two other pairs. It is hoped that these beavers will form a healthy founding population. 4/4
He was joined in their four acre enclosure by Parsnip, a two year old female from Forestry England’s Cropton Forest enclosure, who was transported from Flamingo Land’s holding facility in December 2025, and the pair hit it off, displaying natural behaviours despite Turnip’s difficult start. 3/4
Turnip -the male- was found as a small kit by a member of the public after a storm in 2024, who kindly brought him to the Scottish SPCA. They hand reared Turnip before he was taken to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary for further care at their specialist nursery. 2/4
Orphaned beaver and his partner released into the wild! Turnip and Parsnip, two young beavers from the Cornish Seal Sanctuary, who became a pair after Beaver Trust “match-made” them, were released into the wild in Cornwall on Friday. 1/4
