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Scotland’s Wildlife Series 1, Supporting native species The beavers of Knapdale

Beavers are nocturnal, but even by day there are signs that they've been around ...

  • Beavers on the loch
  • Nibbled tree trunk
  • Wood chips
  • A beaver feeding on lilies
  • The dam
  • Beaver swimming
  • A beaver kit takes to the water
  • Inspecting the Dubhloch wetland area
  • Wetlands caused by the beavers' dam
  • Sarah McCardie

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