THE RETURN of the Eurasian beaver has won a public vote to be named Wildlife Success Story of the Year in the 2017 BBC Countryfile magazine awards.
The reintroduction of beavers caught the public’s imagination.
The five-year-long Scottish Beaver Trial - a partnership project between the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, the Scottish Wildlife Trust and host Forestry Commission Scotland - was based in Knapdale Forest.