An area of the Scottish Highlands is set to be the recipient of some fresh beavers after a licence was granted for it to follow other parts of the UK in reintroducing the gnawsome creatures Beaver feeding in a river in Otterton in England (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

A licence has been granted to reintroduce beavers to an area of the Scottish Highlands - for the first time in 400 years. After months of unexpected delays permission for the reintroduction of the species to Glen Affric has been granted. ‌

Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) and Trees For Life have been working in partnership on the proposal since 2022, which will now see beavers in the northwest Highlands - four centuries after they were first driven to extinction in Scotland. ‌

Following two years and three

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