They will be monitored by Ealing Beaver Project staff and volunteers. Mr Khan, who awarded the project almost £40,000, said he was “delighted” to release one of the beavers from its cage.

The Ealing Beaver Project hopes the beavers can help reduce the risk of flooding, as well as engaging people in nature. London Mayor Sadiq Khan was at the release.

A family of five Eurasian beavers was introduced to a nature reserve in Ealing, west London, back in October as part of a project that hopes to encourage wildlife in urban areas.

Europe has been introducing beavers for decades, and the Ealing project hopes other UK cities and towns will follow suit. The mayor of London initially gave £37,000 but that has been spent and ...

Beavers are an important ally to humans as we face a warming world that carries increased risks of ... is the right thing to do," Sean McCormack of the Ealing Beaver Project told the ...

Ealing Beaver Project have described it as a "historic achievement and a huge advancement". A spokesperson said: "The births mark the end of a more than 400 year absence of breeding beavers in urban ...

Strictly speaking, these are not quite the first beavers to be born in London in 400 years; that honour goes to this one in Enfield, last September.However, the Ealing Beaver Project is calling ...

In October 2023, four centuries after the animals were hunted to extinction in London, the Ealing Beaver Project released a family of five beavers at Paradise Fields, a woodland, wetland and ...

The Ealing Beaver Project is a volunteer-led collaboration between Ealing Wildlife Group, Citizen Zoo, Friends of Horsenden, and Ealing Council, with support from Beaver Trust and the Mayor of London.

The adorable arrivals at Paradise Fields’ Ealing Beaver Project prove that beavers can thrive in urban areas. Written by Amy Houghton Contributing writer Tuesday 13 August 2024. Share.

Beavers and their young in Paradise Fields in Ealing, west London (Ealing Beaver Project/SWNS) By. Rom Preston-Ellis, Imogen Howse; 11:27, 14 Aug 2024; ...