{"id":324191,"date":"2025-12-19T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/324191\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T07:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T07:00:10","slug":"beaver-selfie-caught-on-underwater-camera-hidden-in-cairngorms-national-park-loch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/324191\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaver selfie caught on underwater camera hidden in Cairngorms National Park loch"},"content":{"rendered":"

A beaver \u2018selfie\u2019 has been caught on an underwater camera hidden in a loch in the Cairngorms.<\/p>\n

Following the recent release of a beaver family at the Cairngorms National Park, staff set up an underwater camera in a bid to capture the elusive animals in their new habitat.<\/p>\n

Since then, the camera has captured beavers passing by, with one swimming directly towards it and then knocking it over.<\/p>\n

The footage comes as staff at the nature reserve continue their work reintroducing beavers into the wild.<\/p>\n

There are now a total of 57 beavers in the upper Spey catchment area and one at Garmouth, with 18 kits in the National Park.<\/p>\n

The arrival of the kits marked the first birth of wild beavers in Scotland in 400 years.<\/p>\n

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Currently there are six catchments where beavers have either been officially granted permission to remain or have been released.<\/p>\n

Populations are already established in Tayside, on the Forth, in Knapdale, Loch Lomond and the Cairngorms National Park. Two releases have also recently been approved in the Beauly catchment.<\/p>\n

Four groups are set to be released early next year.<\/p>\n

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