The National Trust has said that the first baby beaver born on Exmoor in 400 years has been spotted on film. The trust also said that two adult beavers were released on the site 18 months ago and have successfully bred.
According to Sky News, “The young beaver - known as a kit - was born about six weeks ago and was caught on film swimming with its mother back to the family lodge while she stopped to chew on a branch. Two adult beavers were introduced to an enclosure in Holnicote Estate in Somerset in January last year, the first introduced on National Trust land in 125 years.”
Sky quoted Jack Siviter, one of the rangers on the Holnicote estate who said: "We first had an inkling that our pair of beavers had mated successfully when the male started being a lot more active building and dragging wood and vegetation around the site in late spring. The female also changed her usual habits, and stayed out of sight, leaving the male to work alone. It was then several weeks until we spotted her again, and this is when our suspicions were confirmed that she had given birth, due to having very visible teats."
