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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · 14d

"The push to farm all available land to produce as much food as possible during WW2 continues into the current subsidy system. Even when farmers want to leave marginal and hard-to-manage areas alone, the subsidy system drives them to keep fighting nature."
www.scottishwildbeavers.org.uk/alyth-voice/

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · Jul 23

✨Last chance to book tickets!✨

🦫Beaver Trust production "Balancing the Scales"
📽️ THIS FRIDAY 25 July, 7.00 pm (start 7.30pm)
📍Soutar Theatre, York Place, Perth

STAY after for a discussion panel of experts Q&A.

Admission is FREE
(donations welcome)

BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-scree...

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · Jul 3

GUEST PANELIST ANNOUNCEMENT! ✨

Balancing the Scales
Friday 25 July, 7pm
Soutar Theatre, York Place, Perth

Panelists will include:

✨Paul Ramsay, of Bamff Estate,

✨Elliot McCandless, from Beaver Trust, and

✨Duncan Pepper, an aquatic ecologist !

BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-scree...

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · Jun 9

EXCITING NEWS! 🦫

WHERE:
The Soutar Theatre (AK Bell Library), York Place, Perth ✨

WHEN:
Friday 25 July, 7.00 pm✨

WHAT:
A screening of Beaver Trust's film production "Balancing the Scales" will be shown! 🦫✨

Admission is FREE:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-scree...

Doors open 7.00 pm

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · Jun 9

EXCITING NEWS! 🦫

WHERE:
The Soutar Theatre (AK Bell Library), York Place, Perth ✨

WHEN:
Friday 25 July, 7.00 pm✨

WHAT:
A screening of Beaver Trust's film production "Balancing the Scales" will be shown! 🦫✨

Admission is FREE:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-scree...

Doors open 7.00 pm

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · Jun 2

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Beavers and Wildfire: a stop-motion story by Emily Fairfax

YouTube video by Emily Fairfax

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David Roberts @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social · May 29

BBC News - Relocated beavers improve River Glaven water quality - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Relocated beavers improve River Glaven water quality

Eeyore and Winnie are living in an area of the River Glaven in Norfolk.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · May 29

Who would have thought wildfires could come to Scotland? 🔥

Yet this year drought and fire have been very real issues.

Could beavers be used alongside agriculture in Scotland to help water retention and protect crops or livestock from wildfires? 👀💭

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · May 19

It is disheartening to see Forbes halt this beaver license.

This seems to mark another example of ministerial appeasement of the NFUS at the expense of nature.

This raises serious questions about the government's committment to the Scottish biodiversity strategy.

theferret.scot/beaver-bid-b...

Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · Apr 21

Wonderful new children's book by Catherine Ward with beautiful illustrations from Phoebe Roze.

✨BY THE BEAVER POOL✨

A touching story about accepting the flow of life, and the healing power of nature. With some fun beaver facts thrown in!

Available now!🦫✨

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Nature Champions @naturechampions.bsky.social · Apr 21

#DYK that beavers are being brought back in the US to help tackle wildfires? 🔥

As well as creating habitats, improving water quality and alleviating flooding, their dams can create fireproof refuges! @scotsbeavers.bsky.social

Watch the animation to see how:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAM9...

Beavers and Wildfire: a stop-motion story by Emily Fairfax

YouTube video by Emily Fairfax

www.youtube.com

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · Apr 18

Not just a gripping tale about Scottish beavers - but a really good example of rewilding in writing.

Available for pre-order now.

In bookshops from 1st May from birlinn.co.uk

Fantastic work Tom!

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · Apr 7

✨🦫INTERNATIONAL BEAVER DAY!✨🦫

Beavers are multi-taskers who can help restore our rivers!

From upstream water retention to soil nutrient restoration, carbon sequestration to biodiversity enhancement...🦋🎣🐾

The list goes on!

To find out more please visit our website.

Photo credit: Dave Maric ©️

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · Mar 24

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World Rewilding Day at Bamff Wildland (2025)

YouTube video by Dave Maric

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · Mar 20

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Mar 19

A great couple of days at #SNSC2025!
My colleagues @bsbiscotland.bsky.social & @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social really enjoyed chatting with the students about #PlantAtlas2020 & hearing the brilliant talks.
Huge thanks to the @scotnsconf.bsky.social team on a great event & many thanks for inviting us!

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · Mar 20

HAPPY WORLD REWILDING DAY!✨

Yesterday at Scotland's Nature Student Conference, we heard many fantastic talks on nature restoration, and many included... beavers! 🦫 ✨

Well done to Emily Simpson, a PhD student at the University of Stirling. She is studying wild beaver in Scotland.

#SNSC2025

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · Mar 16

Fantastic evening watching Beaver Trust's film "Balancing the Scales" on 14th March, 2025.

Well done to everyone involved, congratulations from everyone at SWBG 🦫✨

The secret is out - beavers are the key!🌱👀🎣🪵

#beavertrust #balancingthescales #rewildingscotland #rewilding

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · Mar 13

Fab article below!

**We will have a stall at PERTH Museum, this Saturday (15th March) from 12-4pm in Gallery 3. Come say hello!**✨

**We will also be at the Scotland's Nature Student Conference at the Royal Botanic Gardens, EDINBURGH (18th & 19th March).**✨

theconversation.com/beavers-offe...

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · Mar 11

The University of Stirling and Bamff Estate have been studying beaver impacts on our rivers.

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2496503...

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · Mar 7

Beavers have now been legally released in England (Purbeck, Dorset), without fencing or constraints, for the first time
✨🐾🦫
Huge congratulations to our friends at Beaver Trust for helping get this LONG overdue decision on beaver release in England over the line.

#rewildingbritain #rewilding

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Scottish Wild Beaver Group @scotsbeavers.bsky.social · Feb 21

Read our letter to Scotland's First Minister 👇
We suggest he familiarises himself with the widely recognised downstream flood prevention benefits of beavers, and remind him that there are many voters who welcome beavers 😀
www.scottishwildbeavers.org.uk/letter-to-jo...
[Photo credit: Rhona Forester]

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · Feb 13

50,000 signatures will make an impression on the decision-making politicians (petition currently has 46,206 sigs).

Can we get it to 50,000 by next week? Pls sign! ☠️🦅🙏

#RaptorResearch #Ornithology #WildlifeCrime #BritishEcologists

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/13/p...

Petition to ban possession of dangerous, raptor-killing pesticides in Northern Ireland approaches deadline: please sign

Your help is needed to ensure a petition, calling for a ban on the possession of dangerous, raptor-killing pesticides in Northern Ireland, passes the target of 50,000 signatures before next week. T…

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Wild Card @wildcard.land · Feb 14

As you spend this #ValentinesDay being pampered by the one's you love, remember all nature does for you, too.

Beaver reintroduction and peatland restoration have been proven to prevent flooding. By rewilding our natural landscapes, let's show nature some love🦫 💚

A Valentines poem reading
Beavers are brown,
Peatland is too
If we care for nature
It will care for us too

On Barbie pink background scattered with small red hearts. A cheeky looking beaver is popping out from the left hand side

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Unsplintering.bsky.social @unsplintering.bsky.social · Feb 5

A beaver colony stunned the local Czech community by building dams in the Brdy protected landscape area, "creating a natural wetland exactly where it was needed...saved the local authorities 30 million crowns" - english.radio.cz/beavers-buil...

Beavers build planned dams in protected landscape area, while local officials still seeking permits

A beaver colony has gained overnight fame by building several dams in the Brdy protected landscape area, creating a natural wetland exactly where it was needed.

english.radio.cz

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