Nature Features

Kent's beavers population all comes from Norway, where their highly successful breeding programme meant that they had more than they could handle.

Beavers are monogamous, so pairs were caught and brought over to Kent, the first pair being released in 2001.

Kent Wildlife Trust, Wildwood has brought over several families of beavers since then, and the animals are harvesting the trees and plants, raising the water levels by constructing dams and adding to the wetland habitat already on the site.

The beaver is set to be the first mammal to be reintroduced into the wild following its extinction.