Leicester Lit & Phil Natural History Section: Beavers at Idle Valley Nature Reserve - The Story So Far

What’s all this fuss about beavers!? Beavers are quite a novel animal to most people, so what makes them so special? Why are they known as a keystone species and ecosystem engineers? Is it true what people say about them eating fish and causing flooding!? Idle Valley Nature Reserve is home to Nottinghamshire’s only beavers and the largest enclosed trial reintroduction in the UK. 

Join Elliott Kean to learn about beavers, why they have been reintroduced to Idle Valley NR and what they’ve been up to so far. We’ll also talk about what the future holds for beavers in the UK and why they are so relevant in the 21st century, key allies mitigating issues such as climate change, flood risk, biodiversity collapse and water pollution.