First UK Beaver kit for 400 years (1 Viewer)

[kennethwfd]

News from the Dorset Wildlife Trust regarding the pair of beavers reintroduced last year have produced at least one kit, as beavers typically have three, hopefully there will be more sightings

Dorset Beaver Project | Dorset Wildlife Trust

 

[Owene]

Haven’t they had quite a few in Devon

 

[Kevriano]

Great news

 

[kennethwfd]

Haven’t they had quite a few in Devon

the headline should read "First Dorset Beaver kit"

 

[Mike Crawley]

Beaver Kit born in Cheshire too.

Beaver babies in Cheshire for the first time in over 400 years! | Cheshire Wildlife Trust

Cheshire Wildlife Trust are delighted to announce that a new young beaver has been spotted at Hatchmere Nature Reserve in Delamere. This sighting confirms that beavers have bred in Cheshire for the first time in over 400 years!

www.cheshirewildlifetrust.org.uk

 

[davewalters]

I actually live on that road in Delamere, anyone know if a guided viewing would ever be possible

 

[Mike Crawley]

I actually live on that road in Delamere, anyone know if a guided viewing would ever be possible

I have e-mailed CWT asking that question.
If I hear from them I will pass it on

 

[kennethwfd]

Beaver Kit born in Cheshire too.

Beaver babies in Cheshire for the first time in over 400 years! | Cheshire Wildlife Trust

Cheshire Wildlife Trust are delighted to announce that a new young beaver has been spotted at Hatchmere Nature Reserve in Delamere. This sighting confirms that beavers have bred in Cheshire for the first time in over 400 years!

www.cheshirewildlifetrust.org.uk

The Cheshire beavers (and their kit) were a news item on BBC Breakfast today

 

[Farnboro John]

Are any of these unfenced? Obviously breeding has been going on for years in both Devon and Scotland!

John

 

[Farnboro John]

OK, I've looked at the articles, all fenced, just zoo animals, no reintroductions, nothing to see here....

John

 

[Mike Crawley]

OK, I've looked at the articles, all fenced, just zoo animals, no reintroductions, nothing to see here....

John

John you're correct but (and this is my personal opinion) this and the other trials are more about "proof of concept"
i.e. if we introduce Beavers to trust land, they will improve the habitat and breed and this might lead to a proper reintroduction scheme in future
What will happen with an unprotected introduction, who knows but I wouldn't bet against the local Neanderthals hunting them

 

[Owene]

I’m not against the fenced reintroductions I just don’t get why they are seen as groundbreaking when there are two (or more, no idea) unfenced populations that have been producing kits already.

I’ve only seen the Devon ones but the locals there seem really pro them. It’s a fairly touristy pretty village anyway and people come to see them, the best windows for seeing them really suit having dinner prior and staying over

 

[Farnboro John]

John you're correct but (and this is my personal opinion) this and the other trials are more about "proof of concept"
i.e. if we introduce Beavers to trust land, they will improve the habitat and breed and this might lead to a proper reintroduction scheme in future
What will happen with an unprotected introduction, who knows but I wouldn't bet against the local Neanderthals hunting them

We've had Beavers in Devon and Tayside for years; reintroductions in Western Europe have shown all the results needed for years even before that. This whole enclosure thing is a blind by the Tories to charge as much as possible for something that should be put into the natural habitat in which it belongs, unfenced, and allowed to get on with it. There isn't any need for proof of concept and accepting the idea just makes you a dupe of the anti-beaver landowners.

For that matter given that the Scots are already getting on with it, the Welsh have indicated that they are going to, and that England is part of the same island of Great Britain, what is it that you think the nitwit English Government is going to do to stop them? Rebuild Hadrian's Wall and Offa's Dyke longer and stronger? The decision is already made.

What should happen is the local Neanderthals (and actually I object to demonising of Neanderthals when what we mean is modern barbarians) being crucified according to the law if they step out of line, as the land is rewilded for the benefit of all.

John

 

[MikeInPA]

Yeah. Now you’re talking. Crucifixion sounds a great idea.

 

[Richard Prior]

Beavers to be given legal protection in England

‘Nature’s engineers’ who create wetlands with their dams are recognised as native wildlife

www.theguardian.com