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International Beaver Day 2024

This international beaver day we are celebrating how amazing this ecosystem engineer is and how beavers could help create a wilder wight along the Eastern Yar river on the Isle of Wight.

Drone footage of river and floodplain.

World Wetlands Day 2024

From the tiniest of garden ponds to whole river systems complete with wet floodplains, our wetlands are one of the most biodiverse habitats in the UK.

Beaver swimming through water

How beavers improve wetlands and reduce flooding

This World Wetlands Day on February 2, Izzie Tween – beaver recovery officer at Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust – celebrates the role beavers can play in reducing flood risk, boosting…

Eurasian beaver

Beavers in Hampshire

How seeing beavers making a comeback is giving us hope for a wilder future

Beaver (C)David Parkyn Cornwall Wildlife Trust

Our thoughts on DEFRA’s Beaver Consultation

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust welcomes the Government’s decision to extend native species protected status to beavers, and agrees with the proposals outlined in the consultation to…

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