They are one of the most thrilling sights in nature and can help tackle flooding - now a UK county's recorded the first evidence of Eurasian beavers breeding in 400 years. And it's all thanks to the release into the wild of the kit's parents, named Bertie and Beryl in a competition, at a 32-acre (8.5 hectare) wildlife area in the north of Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, in February this year.

Beavers were hunted to extinction in Britain during the 16th Century for their fur, meat, and scent glands, but the release took place in a wild, wetland area with fences to keep in the new arrivals, but with a pedestrian walkway across the site so visitors could spot them in their new habitat. Now hidden cameras confirm Bertie and Beryl have had a kit - making it the first recorded beaver breeding

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