THE team behind a trial to reintroduce beavers to the wild is playing Cupid to a lone female whose previous partner died.
A two-year-old male beaver was released 10 days ago into Knapdale Forest, in mid-Argyll, with environmentalists hoping romance will blossom between the pair.
The male takes the number of resident wild beavers in Scotland to 12.
The Scottish Beaver Trial (SBT), being carried out by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) and the Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT), is a five-year pilot project to see how beavers cope in Scottish habitats and assess their impact on the environment.
Beavers are a native species to the UK and were a common sight before they were hunted to extinction in the 16th century.
