'First' newborn beavers spotted in the Argyll Forest

BBC News, August 12, 2010

The first newborn beavers born in the wild since their re-introduction to the UK last year have been spotted by officials in a Scottish forest. At least two kits, estimated to be eight weeks old and belonging to different family groups, have been seen in Knapdale Forest in Argyll. A total of 11 beavers were brought to Scotland from Norway last year as part of the Scottish Beaver Trial. Beavers were hunted to extinction in the UK 400 years ago. Read more...

UK planning to reintroduce insects

ΕΝΝ, January 19, 2010

When one thinks of reintroducing wildlife, one usually thinks of big charismatic mammals, such as wolves or beaver, or desperate birds like the Californian condor. But the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in Scotland is going one step further to save the UK's unique ecology with plans to reintroduce four species of dwindling insects. Plans are in place to reintroduce the dark bordered beauty moth, which is only known from only three locations in the UK, all of them unprotected. Read more...

Beavers return after 400-year gap

BBC News, May 29, 2009

A total of 11 beavers have been released into the wild in Argyll as part of a reintroduction programme. Four more may join the Scottish Beaver Trial being run in Knapdale Forest.
The beavers have been brought to Scotland from Norway and their release marks a return to the UK after a 400-year absence.
The release will be studied to determine whether the trial should be extended and beavers reintroduced across Scotland. Read more...

Beavers arrive for spring release

BBC News, November 21, 2008

Four beaver families have arrived in the UK as part of a historic plan to reintroduce the mammals to Scotland for the first time in more than 400 years.
The beavers were flown into Heathrow Airport on Thursday night from Norway.
They will spend six months in quarantine before being released in Knapdale, Argyll, on a trial basis in spring 2009. Read more...