Hosts @evabishop & Emily Bowen dive in with expert guests:
🎙️ Dr Alan Law
🎙️ Professor Anne Goodenough
🎙️ Professor @nigelwillby.bsky.social & PhD student Patrick Cooke
🎙️ Zoologist @billyheaney.bsky.social

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Daniel helped with responsible translocations, travelled hundreds of miles surveying Scotland’s waterways and saw firsthand how beavers transform landscapes and boost biodiversity.

Read the blog 👇
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This PhD aims to address knowledge gaps which may limit the use of beavers as a nature-based solution to the climate and biodiversity crises, and will span multiple disciplines, with fieldwork in Britain & Finland.

With each responsible older offspring matching and movement, we strengthen Britain’s growing future beaver population.

Find out more about the move 👇
beavertrust.org/london-beave...

This short film was produced by Aleksander Domanski for Beaver Trust

By slowing water, opening flight lines, and feeding entire food webs, beavers aren’t just reshaping landscapes - they’re giving Britain’s bats a much-needed boost.

A second study across 12 reintroduction areas found that species like pipistrelles, Daubenton’s and noctules were 21–54% more active in beaver wetlands, while woodland specialists such as barbastelles showed a massive 313–393% increase.

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In one Devon site, researchers recorded 43% higher bat activity where beavers were present, alongside a staggering 817% increase in aquatic larvae abundance.

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All 18 British bat species are insectivorous, which means they feed on insects, many of which begin life in water.

When beavers create ponds and channels, they boost aquatic insect populations and, in turn, provide rich feeding grounds for bats.

A huge well done to all the partners for their commitment to engaging the local community throughout this project — and a big thank you to our partners at Five Sisters Zoo for making this possible.

Read more about the release here:
beavertrust.org/beavers-rele...

Every release brings Scotland closer to its 2045 Strategy goal of actively expanding the nation’s beaver population to maximise the environmental and wider benefits of the species — and Glen Affric’s newest residents are part of that story. 🌿

The release was led by Forestry and Land Scotland and @treesforlife.bsky.social, supported by Beaver Trust, following years of careful consultation with local communities and land managers.

We can’t all sign the letter, but we CAN sign the petition. Add your name and help restore our rivers 👇
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Find out more about the campaign and read the full letter at makingspaceforwater.com.

The results of the study show that beavers can improve habitats for many species on both immediate and legacy timescales.

The removal of beavers from much of the northern hemisphere disrupted the balance - but their return offers a rare opportunity to restore it.