Baby beavers born at Cairngorms National Park spotted for first time
Cairngorms National Park confirmed five new arrivals were spotted on camera traps at two sites across the park and are hopeful there could be more at other sites.
The new arrivals are said to be a 'positive step' towards the park's ambition to establish a healthy, sustainable population. Cairngorms National Park Cairngorms National Park confirmed five new arrivals were spotted on camera traps. Cairngorms National Park
It comes less than two years after beavers were released at the national park, marking their return after the species was hunted to extinction in the UK.
Jonathan Willet, beaver project manager at the Cairngorms National Park Authority, said the kits were spotted exploring the habitat around them with their parents and splashing in the water. Cairngorms National Park Beavers were reintroduced to Cairngorms National Park two years ago. Cairngorms National Park
The new arrivals join two juvenile beavers who were born at the national park in August last year.
'Kits usually stay with their family for two years before leaving the family unit to find a mate,' Mr Willet said. Cairngorms National Park The new arrivals are said to be a 'positive step towards' the park's ambition to establish a healthy, sustainable population. Cairngorms National Park
'Those born last year are now healthy juveniles, who will be ready to start exploring and finding mates of their own over the next year. It's heartening to see that this year's breeding season has also been a success.'
The kits born last year marked the first time baby beavers were born in the wild in the UK for 400 years.
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