Monthly Archives: June 2016

New beaver kits seen on the River Otter in Devon

Written on June 29, 2016 at 5:42 pm

One of the female beavers involved in the licensed River Otter Beaver Trial being carried out by Devon Wildlife Trust has been filmed with a kit (BBC News). Altogether there are thought to be three kits in the family group, which is an encouraging sign that the trial is going well.

Beaver washed up on beach in Devon, southwest England

Written on June 6, 2016 at 12:13 pm

On June 2nd, the Herald Express reported a large, decomposed beaver washed up on a beach in Brixham in Devon, southwest England. Beavers will frequent river estuaries but are not sea-living creatures. This animal is likely to have been washed down a tidal river into the sea and then moved by currents. Subsequent reports indicateContinue Reading