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Second generation beaver kit in the water

Beaver Blog October 2023

As we mark the one year anniversary of beavers being recognised as a resident native species in England, we provide an update from the newly extended Dorset Beaver Project.

Male beaver at the water's edge © Dorset Wildlife Trust/James Burland

Beaver Blog April 2023

Today is International Beaver Day, a day to celebrate these fantastic ecosystem engineers. In the latest Beaver Blog we will be taking a look at how the beavers anatomy is perfectly designed for…

Beaver kit in July 2022

Beaver Blog July 2022

Beavers have successfully bred in Dorset for the first time in over 400 years. Trail cameras inside our enclosed site have captured images of a young beaver, known as a kit and its mother,…

Beaver felled willow tree

Beaver Blog

Beavers have been back in Dorset for over a year and we are learning about their habits now that they have experienced a full cycle of Dorset's seasons. Steve Oliver reports on what they…