Wild beaver on the River Tay Elliot McCandless/Beaver Trust
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The long silence was broken by an almighty thwack. A beaver swimming nearby had suddenly realised it was being watched from the bank and done a tail slap to warn the rest of the family. It was a dramatic end to my first ever sight of wild beavers.
Hunting wiped out all the beavers in Britain around four centuries ago. They were first reintroduced without permission sometime…
