Eurasian beavers, which were once widespread but hunted to extinction 400 years ago, have been reintroduced at sites across Britain. The first wild beavers were released in Scotland in 2009 ...

The recent resurgence of beavers in Sussex raises the question of their environmental impact but also their mysterious source. In 2022 ...

In Britain, there have also been illicit reintroductions of smaller mammals, as well as insects and wildflowers that are much easier and cheaper to obtain, transport and release. Wildflower seeds and ...

So are white-tailed eagles, which were reintroduced to Scotland beginning in the 1970s ... including the Eurasian beaver (some have been released illicitly by impatient rewilders, a practice ...

Others have been planned: the gorgeous sea-eagle, for instance, was restored to Scotland’s skies in the Seventies and is now doing rather well. Meanwhile, the European beaver has been revived on ...

"They are really lovely, charismatic creatures." The Wildlife Trusts/Mike Symes The Eurasian beaver is a native to Britain but were hunted to extinction in the sixteenth century With the beaver ...