The Scottish Beaver Trial, the first formal reintroduction of a mammal ever to take place in the UK, has published its final report, external. The five-year-trial, at Knapdale forest, Argyll, is a ...

The Scottish Beaver Trial is a partnership led by the Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. It is hosted at Knapdale by Forestry Commission Scotland.

Oly Hemmings works for the Heart of Argyll Wildlife Organisation that now helps to manage the original Scottish beaver trial site in Knapdale. 'The beavers at Knapdale have been allowed to stay,' says ...

Illegal 'beaver bombing' is on the rise as activists ... the Scottish government authorised the release of 11 beavers in Argyll's Knapdale Forest as part of the five-year Scottish Beaver Trial.

“They were released into the wild which is also important.” The £2million Scottish Beaver Trial ran for five years and took place in Knapdale because of its “pristine rainforest environment”.

Writing in the SWT’s blog, policy adviser for species Forrest said: “Beavers are well and truly back in the wild in Scotland. Following the success of the Scottish Beaver Trial (2009-2014), in ...

“FLS has been a key partner in the reintroduction of beavers to Scotland since hosting the Scottish Wildlife Trust and RZSS-led Scottish Beaver Trial at Knapdale back in 2009, where beavers were ...

Perthshire farmer Adrian Ivory, of Strathisla Farms, has decided to speak up about the damage the animals are inflicting on his land. Mr Ivory's intervention comes as the final report from the ...

Scottish beaver boom: Baby beavers born in the wild at Scottish national park for second year in a row. By Sarah Ward, PA. Comment. Published 19th Jun 2025, 11:10 BST.

Illegal 'beaver bombing' is on the rise as activists ... the Scottish government authorised the release of 11 beavers in Argyll's Knapdale Forest as part of the five-year Scottish Beaver Trial.