Two baby beavers born in Cornwall as part of wildlife project

Two baby beavers have been born in Cornwall as part of a wildlife reintroduction project.

The parent beavers, Twiggy and Byrti, were introduced to a purpose-built enclosure on the Lost Gardens of Heligan estate in 2023 and 2024 respectively.

It was part of a national programme of reintroducing the species more than 400 years after their extinction in Britain, said The Lost Gardens of Heligan.

Toby Davies, wildlife coordinator at the gardens, said: “They looked to be a couple months old, but that’s quite common for them to hide them away for a couple of months, and then all of a sudden, they kind of spring up.”