First baby beaver for 400 years

Has been born in exmoor.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-57808517.amp

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Beavers are wonderful engineers. They create an environment that would otherwise not exist. By damming creeks, they make a home for fish, a habitat for various water fowl, and, at least in America, a feeding ground for moose who gorge on water plants.

As a child, I often played around beaver dams. Sometimes, while sitting quietly, I’d catch a view of the beavers felling trees, repairing the dam, and returning to their lodges with fresh green shoots.

This is wonderful news! :smiley: So happy!

It was on the news last night, lovely to see him/her in the water with his Mum. :smiley:

It’ll all end in tears

Charming creatures.

Great news. Beavers’ dams also help prevent floods further downstream by slowing down the flow.