🎉🎉 Great news! From today the Eurasian beaver is now a protected species and recognised as a native species in Wales! 🎉🎉 Thank you @huwirrancadaviesms.bsky.social, @joycewatson.org.uk and Welsh Government in helping to make this day become a reality! bit.ly/4uecbMa 📸© Allard Martinius

Great news from #DyfiWildlifeCentre, Barti their male beaver now has a new mate 💕 The female has moved from Ealing Beaver Project to Wales. Working closely with @beavertrust.bsky.social, Ealing Beaver Project & @citizenzoo.bsky.social we were are to find a suitable mate for Barti. 📸 © Emyr Evans

A very special thank you to @joycewatson.org.uk Senedd Species Champion for beavers for all of her support with the Welsh Beaver Project and for leading a debate on beavers in the Senedd.

Bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn cydnabod afancod fel rhywogaeth frodorol a rhoi gwarchodaeth gyfreithiol lawn iddyn nhw. Mae hyn yn newyddion gwych i'r mamal rhyfeddol yma, sy'n gallu ein helpu ni i adfer ein cynefinoedd afonydd a dŵr croyw tinyurl.com/3jmpvutt. 📷 © Allard Martinius

The Welsh Government is to recognise beavers as a native species and award them full legal protection. This is great news for this wonderful mammal, which can help us restore our river and freshwater habitats. tinyurl.com/53yh5kj8 📷 © Allard Martinius

We are pleased to announce @joycewatson.org.uk as the first beaver species champion. In July Joyce and @carolynthomasms.bsky.social visited #DyfiWildlifeCentre to talk about #beavers, we even caught a glimpse of Barti the adult male beaver in the evening. @waleslink.bsky.social 📷 © Joyce Watson MS

On Tues 8th July the Welsh Beaver Project hosted a screening Beaver Trust’s Balancing the Scales for the Senedd. Thank you to @joycewatson.org.uk for sponsoring the event & joining us on our Q&A panel. Thank you also to @beavertrust.bsky.social, @WGClimateChange & @HeritageFund CYM. 📷© Beaver Trust

Last week, Wildlife Trusts Wales and @beaverafanc.bsky.social hosted a powerful screening of Balancing The Scales for Members of the @senedd.wales 🎬 A thank you to the panellists - Dr Robert Needham, Alicia Leow-Dyke, and beaver Species Champion @joycewatson.org.uk - and to everyone who joined us.

The sighting of a wild beaver has been described by @iolowilliams.bsky.social as one of his very best wildlife sightings in Wales in his new 'River Valleys' programme. We were invited to talk about it on BBC News this week. Visit welshbeaverproject.org for more information on our project.

Happy International Beaver Day!

We are really pleased to hear the news from England; licences for wild releases will now be allowed 🎉 www.theguardian.com/environment/... In Wales we are continuing to develop our proposals for a wild release, welshbeaverproject.org.

The Welsh Beaver Project (@beaverafanc) is led by the Wildlife Trusts in Wales and is working to bring wild beavers back to Wales. We look forward to sharing our project updates with you. 📷 © Allard Martinius