Steve the beaver, who captured hearts in 2025 for ‘looking for love’ after repeatedly escaping from his enclosure at Wallington in Northumberland, has finally achieved his ambition. After being rehomed to an enclosure on a nature-friendly farm in mid-Wales, Steve has welcomed his first kit with mate, Doris. Steve the beaver was originally released at Wallington on 12 July 2023 as part of a family of four Eurasian beavers relocated from the River Tay in Scotland. The family settled into a 24-hectare fenced enclosure on a tributary of the River Wansbeck, immediately beginning to transform the landscape. After several severe storms in the first year of their release, the…
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