Beaver Trust Videos

SUBTITLED Sean's Ealing Update for BG (1).mp4
The beavers in Ealing have got to work quickly, already building three dams, slowing the flow and alleviating urban flood risk. Dr Sean McCormack, from Ealing Beaver Project and Beaver Trust Ambassador, gives us an update from Ealing, which has just been opened to the public! With plans on the horizon to bring the teachings from beavers and thriving wetlands into local schools, Sean explains how funding the work of Beaver Trust could unlock invaluable community engagement opportunities for projects like Ealing. Visit the link below to donate and help us continue our work. https://buff.ly/3sSkYIz All donations made before midday on Tuesday 5th December will be doubled! Dr Sean McCormack: Conservationist, Vet, Presenter Ealing Wildlife Group

7. Beaver being released at FLS site in Knapdale (c) Beaver Trust.mp4
“This translocation, which is likely the first of many that Forestry and Land Scotland will facilitate, is another great step forward in helping to expand the population of beavers in Scotland." - Lorna Slater, Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity. Earlier this month we released three pairs of beavers at sites managed by Forestry and Land Scotland. These wild releases are a much welcomed step in realising action points outlined in the National Beaver Strategy and in strengthening this protected species status in Scotland. Appropriate translocations, not only support those land managers experiencing conflicts but also those seeking to encourage the biodiversity benefits beavers can bring Read more about the releases 👇 https://buff.ly/414n3xR

Copy of BG Ambassador Plea Christmas 2023.mp4
This #GivingTuesday, you can do something brilliant for beavers 🦫 One donation, twice the impact! We've joined the Big Give's Christmas Challenge where every £1 donated will be doubled through match-funding until the 5th of December. Please visit the link below to donate and help us continue our work 👇 https://buff.ly/3sSkYIz #BigGive #ChristmasChallenge

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Who better to close the fifth series of #TheLodgeCast than the man, the myth, the legend - Gerhard Schwab?! Regarded by many as the ‘Beaver Godfather’ of Europe, Gerhard has a lifetime of dedication to beaver reintroduction and human/wildlife coexistence gaining him major prominence in the beaver restoration movement across Europe. In 1988, Gerhard began what started as a four-year review of Bavarian beavers. Ever since then, he has been involved in reintroduction programmes across Europe. He’s designed and implemented a beaver management system for Bavaria, and a training system attended by over 700 local beaver consultants. It's safe to say that Gehard has enormous respect across the reintroduction sector. Without further ado, we invite you to sit comfortably and tune into this frank, pragmatic and provoking conversation! Also coming up: the final #FactOff of the series, a quiz, and a special visit from marvellous Producer Emma, who will give the final scores of the series. Hold onto your (non-beaver) hats! Listen 🎧 Subscribe 📩 Share ♻ https://buff.ly/46fcU2s The Lodge Cast is a factual audio #podcast series co-hosted by Beaver Trust's Eva Bishop and Sophie Pavelle, produced/edited by Science Communicator Emma Brisdion. Communications form a core element of our work at Beaver Trust. Find out more here: https://buff.ly/3Mw7k4y

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In episode 3 of #TheLodgeCast Series5, to help us better understand the Scottish lived experience with beavers, and to unpack the opportunities presented by the landmark Scottish Beaver Strategy, we speak to Dr Jenny Bryce a Wildlife Ecologist for NatureScot. We then pull on our boots, and hit the ground running in a conversation with Dr Roisin Campbell-Palmer - Beaver Trust’s Head of Restoration and the Lodge Cast’s debut returning guest! Roisin offers a reality check on the management of beavers on the field, and reminds us of the hierarchy of mitigation techniques. No situation is the same - it’s catchment dependent - and coexistence often calls for a complex blend of the human and the ecological. Both women deliver a fascinating conversation into where Britain is at with beaver reintroduction, and what lessons one nation can learn from another - and how a well-managed, supported future alongside beavers is something we must expect and hope for. Also coming up: the #FactOff challenge gets hot and Eva tests Sophie to the limits in the QUIZ...need we say more? Dive on in! Listen🎧 Subscribe 📩 Share♻️ https://buff.ly/3sxWbtr #TheLodgeCast is a factual audio #podcast series co-hosted by Beaver Trust's Eva Bishop and Sophie Pavelle, produced/edited by Science Communicator Emma Brisdion. Communications form a core element of our work at Beaver Trust. Find out more here: https://buff.ly/3Mw7k4y

The Wallington Beaver Family
Discover the heart-warming story of the first beaver kit born at Five Sisters Zoo that was released, and is now thriving, at the National Trust Wallington Estate in Northumberland. Told by those who went above and beyond to make it possible. Watch the full behind-the-scenes film here👇 https://buff.ly/3sAnH9A

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In episode two of The Lodge Cast Series 5, we were thrilled to be able to speak with Dr Jitka Uhlíková, - a zoologist who works for the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic and coordinates their beaver management plan. This conversation is an invaluable exploration of the scenario-led approach to beaver management, and Jitka’s experience provides much-needed insight and reassurance for us in Britain. We learn about the ‘five pillars’ of beaver management Jitka and her team operate within, and how mitigation decisions can make or break coexistence. Also coming up, the #FactOff challenge continues and Eva sits in the hot seat during Sophie’s quiz. Need we say more? Dive on in! Listen🎧 Subscribe 📩 Share ♻️ https://buff.ly/46fcU2s The Lodge Cast is a factual audio podcast series co-hosted by Beaver Trust's Eva Bishop and Sophie Pavelle, produced and edited by Science Communicator Emma Brisdion. Communications form a core element of our work at Beaver Trust. Find out more: https://buff.ly/3Mw7k4y Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny

New Website Announcement video.mp4
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our updated website! 🦫💻 Learn all about beavers, gain insights into our restoration work, find out how you can support our mission, and access a range of free educational resources. Visit https://beavertrust.org/ now!

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Greetings, fair listeners - lend us your ears - SERIES 5 of #TheLodgeCast has arrived! With weekly episodes throughout November, hear from world-leading beaver practitioners as we navigate fascinating conversations exploring ‘Beavers and Management’ - this is your opportunity to hear how beaver management works and what’s going on here in Britain. Episode 1, we meet The Beaver Institute President, Mike Callahan, learning #beaver mitigation lessons from the US. Listen🎧 Subscribe 📩 Share♻️ https://buff.ly/3QQCMgE #TheLodgeCast is a factual audio #podcast series co-hosted by Beaver Trust's Eva Bishop and Sophie Pavelle, produced/edited by Science Communicator Emma Brisdion. Communications form a core element of our work at Beaver Trust. Find out more here👇 https://buff.ly/3Mw7k4y

Maddie BT intro video_portrait.mp4
We're thrilled to announce that Maddie Moate is joining the team as our newest ambassador! 🎉 Maddie is an award-winning presenter, YouTuber and children's author, best known for presenting the CBeebies science series Maddie's Do You Know? On her own YouTube channel, Maddie has been creating fun educational videos for the past ten years in the hope of encouraging a new audience to stay curious, adventurous and cultivate a love for the natural world. Her first book "Stuff", is full of mind-bursting facts and extraordinary stories of the ingenious ways people around the world, and across history, have made, used and reused the stuff around them, inspiring a curiosity and sense of wonder about a more sustainable future. Welcome to the team, Maddie! 🦫 #beavertrust #beavers #beaver #welcometotheteam #newambassador #ambassador

Ealing post release interview.mp4
How does it feel to see beavers taking their first steps into their new home after months of preparation? Hear from Beaver Trust's Dr Roisin Campbell-Palmer, Dr Sean McCormack: Conservationist, Vet, Presenter of Ealing Wildlife Group, and Elliot Newton of Citizen Zoo about how they felt after the release, how to get involved in citizen science, how to watch beavers safely and Sean's advice to landowners interested in becoming a beaver release site. Please do note that Paradise Fields is currently closed to visitors to let the family settle in, but will reopen on the 11th of November. Five Sisters Zoo, Ealing Council

"I challenge you to watch these images and not smile, and we could all do with a bit of smiling, couldn't we?" We couldn't agree more, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan Ealing Wildlife Group Citizen Zoo Ealing Council Five Sisters Zoo Dr Sean McCormack: Conservationist, Vet, Presenter

London's first urban beavers make a splash! It's an absolute joy to release a family of beavers into Paradise Fields, Ealing and to see them exploring their new home. The family were released with kits, one of which can be seen exploring the water's edge in the second video 🦫 It’s incredibly rewarding to see community-driven action to reconnect more people with nature and welcome beavers back into this urban landscape 🏙️ The Ealing Beaver Project will offer a blueprint for other community restoration projects driven by passionate people looking to build local landscape resilience. Projects like these offer an ideal opportunity to promote engagement with beavers while we await a national policy framework for wild releases. We're looking forward to working with the team here to facilitate education on beavers and the importance of giving nature more space and to help build a better understanding of this dynamic ecosystem engineer. You can find out more by reading the news article 👇 https://beavertrust.org/london-welcomes-urban-beavers-for-first-time/ Ealing Wildlife Group, Citizen Zoo, Five Sisters Zoo, Ealing Council, Dr Sean McCormack: Conservationist, Vet, Presenter

World Mental Health Day reel (Facebook Video).mp4
Have you ever wondered what time spent in a thriving beaver wetland might do for your mental health? 🌿 This #WorldMentalHealthDay, we're reflecting on our conversation with Sam Gandy, an ecologist and researcher from Imperial College London, who collaborated with Clinical Psychologist Dr Ros Watts on ground-breaking research focusing on the psychological benefits of beaver reintroduction. Their research suggests that beavers act as 'super restorers', not only for restoring our ecosystems but psychologically too. By creating biodiverse natural environments, beavers offer us a chance to reconnect with nature on a deeper level, potentially alleviating eco-anxiety and inspiring a renewed sense of hope. Sam reminds us that it's not just about facts and figures; it's about the emotional connection that beavers represent—a story of hope and transformation in a world where 'shifting baseline syndrome' threatens our understanding of what's natural. Listen to the episode 👇 https://buff.ly/3rJL5km Read the paper 👇 https://buff.ly/48Mk14I

Enfield beaver video.mp4
Wonderful news from Enfield! The beaver pair, which was released to the enclosure last year, have welcomed their first beaver kit 😍 The footage shows the young beaver joining its parents and contributing to the construction of one of their current projects, a dam. Although beavers generally work alone while building, they do cooperate, working together to move large or heavy objects. The largest stones found used in dams so far were used by North American beavers, a whopping 4-5kg! These engineers start young, with dam building being an innate behaviour. A study of semi-captive beavers found they often start showing building behaviours when they're around one year of age, so this one is joining the dam-building team particularly early! 🌿 📷 Video footage from the beaver cam installed onsite Enfield Council | Capel Manor College

Loch Lomond David Oakes short audio .mp4
Recently, actor and Trees A Crowd podcast host David Oakes visited RSPB Loch Lomond ⛰️ Meeting Site Manager, Paula Baker, we discover how the #beavers are doing, exploring how the landscape has changed & what’s next🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🎧Listen in via #TheLodgeCast:

The Cairngorms National Park Authority would love to hear your views on the proposed reintroduction of beavers to the River Spey. For background on the proposals and a link to the short engagement survey, please visit👇 https://cairngorms.co.uk/caring-future/cairngorms-nature/priority-species/beaver/

Would you like to learn more about our world of water? 💧 Sophie Pavelle Nature, Beaver Trust's Comms Coordinator, chatted to Nicky Wightman and Alex Godfrey in Savills debut episode of their new podcast series, 'Nature-based Solutions', to discuss how they can help us tackle the climate and biodiversity crises. They dive into the vital role of beavers as ecosystem engineers and how, through their reintroduction to our rivers, they can protect and restore biodiversity across the UK. Sophie also touches on the power of education and how young people should be at the forefront of the climate movement. 🦫 ✊ You can also hear from Kathryn Pharr, Senior Policy Adviser for International Climate Action at WaterAid, who discusses how water insecurity in the Global South is impacting women and girls, and what WaterAid is doing to ensure that we can meet our climate and sustainable development goals that rely on water. You can listen to the podcast on Spotify by clicking the link below 👇 https://buff.ly/44S84Ij Or on Apple podcasts 👇 https://buff.ly/3OhCb56

Polly Pullar welcome video.mp4
We're delighted to announce that Polly Pullar is joining us as our newest ambassador! 🦫🎉 Polly is a wonderful writer, naturalist, photographer & wildlife rehabilitator with over 35 years of professional experience specialising in wildlife and countryside matters, and we're thrilled that she's joining the team. Find out more about Polly in her short video, featuring a very energetic red squirrel, below 👇 #beavertrust #beavers #ambassador #welcometotheteam #redsquirrels

Our team were delighted to release a family of 4 healthy beavers into the National Trust’s Wallington Estate yesterday. Congratulations to the National Trust, Five Sisters Zoo, and everyone else involved in the project. Wallington is an ideal site, where the beavers can demonstrate their ability to restore nature and provide landscape-scale benefits. Read more about the release👇 https://beavertrust.org/beavers-released-in-northumberland-to-help-tackle-the-effects-of-climate-change-and-boost-nature/

Rivers with BeaversFascinating findings on the social perceptions of #beavers in Central Italy! Surveying 1,114 citizens, a new study found: 92.3% accurately distinguished beavers from non-native coypus. 65.5% support beaver reintroduction in central Italy. 65.8% oppose beaver removal from the region. Despite this, the future of beavers in Italy remains uncertain. Sign the petition to safeguard their future!👇 https://tinyurl.com/zusjnkvm Congratulations to the authors, including our restoration team, our Italian colleagues and Dr Roger Auster from University of Exeter. Read the full paper here 👇 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371783068_Eurasian_beavers_in_Central_Italy_perceptions_in_the_local_community Stay updated with our Italian colleagues' work by following the Rivers with Beavers page.

Share your views! NatureScot is seeking public input on the environmental effects of #beaver releases into new areas of Scotland. Check out the reports for the River Beauly and River Spey catchments and share your thoughts before 28 July 2023 👇 https://www.nature.scot/doc/naturescot-assessment-environmental-effects-beaver-translocations-new-catchments

Burrow upgrade. With the longer days now here, our team have been keeping an eye on their local #beaver families. This family in Scotland have been busy reinforcing their burrow / lodge, hopefully in preparation for the birth of this years kits🤞🤞🤞

We're so pleased to announce that Dr Sean McCormack: Conservationist, Vet, Presenter, will be joining Beaver Trust as our newest Ambassador! Sean is a brilliant vet, conservationist, wildlife presenter, author and much more, and we're so excited for him to join the team. Find out more about Sean in his short video below.

Our beaver conference in Exeter was a huge success! We would just like to thank all the delegates, speakers, workshop facilitators, beaver site leads, those behind the scenes and our conference partners University of Exeter and Devon Wildlife Trust for making it possible. There are a number of resources from the conference available on this page for you to review and download👇 https://beavertrust.org/beaver-conference-2023/ We will be adding to this library over the coming weeks.

Beaver wetlands have been shown to reduce the risk of flooding, increase water retention during drought, improve water quality, and even potentially limit the spread of wildfire. By restoring #beavers, we restore habitats that can help us withstand and mitigate the climate crisis. You can help restore beavers to Britain. If you donate before midday on Thursday, your donation will be doubled as part of the Green Match Fund campaign. Please donate today👇 https://bit.ly/41qKbGe

Reintroducing #beavers to their native habitat is an important and bold step towards tackling the biodiversity crisis. Through their engineering, beavers create habitats which innumerable species use for food, shelter and incubation. You can help restore Britain's beaver population. Donate today to double your donation👇 https://bit.ly/41qKbGe

This year we've brought beavers back to Hampshire and Staffordshire, where they've been absent for over 400 years! We want to release beavers in the wild in England and we’re working hard to get to that point. You can help restore Britain's beaver population. Donate today to double your donation. https://bit.ly/41qKbGe

Screening beavers on the Avon. Earlier this year our restoration team - under licence and direction of Natural England - trapped, health screened, and re-released wild beavers living in Wiltshire and Somerset on the Avon catchment. Find out why this project is important. Thank you to our project partners ZSL. The Animal & Plant Health Agency, and the independent vets. And thank you to all the landowners who took part and Avon Wildlife Trust and Wiltshire Wildlife Trust for their support.