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Elliot McCandless

@emccandlessphoto.bsky.social
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Communications manager at Beaver Trust| Trustee at SCOTLAND: The Big Picture | Finance professional | Views my own

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Elliot McCandless @emccandlessphoto.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Beavers from above. It’s far easier to appreciate the full impact of beaver activity from the air. What can seem boggy, messy and muddy at ground level to some is, from above, a thriving mosaic of habitats engineered by nature’s most industrious ecosystem architects.
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Beaver Trust @beavertrust.org · 17/06/2025
Beaver lodges increase biodiversity Beaver lodges aren’t just piles of sticks and mud—they’re finely engineered homes that double as biodiversity hot-spots🦫🌿
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Elliot McCandless @emccandlessphoto.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Following the screening of Beaver Trust’s latest documentary at The Birks Cinema in Aberfeldy on Monday, I will be joining the Q&A alongside Duncan Pepper. Come along to learn more about the interactions between beavers and salmonids. Get your tickets here👇 birkscinema.co.uk/films-events...
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Elliot McCandless @emccandlessphoto.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
370 Amphibians Moved Over 14 hours, across 20 nights in March, we were able to help 370 toads, frogs, and newts safely cross our street to reach the wetlands below and spawn. We even recorded the first presence of the Great Crested Newt—a European Protected Species—in our area!
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Elliot McCandless @emccandlessphoto.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Happy #InternationalBeaverDay! This cute footage of a kit annoying and playing with who I thought was its dad was taken in August 2017. It was the first real close-up footage I’d ever captured of beavers in the wild.
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Beaver Trust @beavertrust.org · 07/04/2025
Happy #InternationalBeaverDay Beaver Trust is a registered charity dedicated to restoring beavers to regenerate our landscapes. Our vision is of thriving waterways vibrant with life, where beavers are embraced as a vital part of our biodiverse landscape.
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Beaver Trust @beavertrust.org · 03/04/2025
Beaver population growing at Loch Ard We were pleased to release a further pair of beavers in Loch Ard Forest yesterday, in partnership with Forestry and Land Scotland, Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park and Five Sisters Zoo.
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Beaver Trust @beavertrust.org · 25/03/2025
Beaver ponds in agricultural landscapes can reduce E. coli concentrations by 95%, a new study finds. With river quality declining, demand for sustainable solutions is rising & research from Stirling University highlights how beavers can help tackle pollution. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Elliot McCandless @emccandlessphoto.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Ladders Save Lives Our street is an amphibian migration route. While patrolling over the last few weeks to move toads, newts, and frogs safely across, we discovered large numbers falling into deep gully pots where they couldn’t escape without help.
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Elliot McCandless @emccandlessphoto.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Very proud of my colleague and mate Dr Rob Needham after years of work conducting and writing this research www.heraldscotland.com/news/nationa...
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Brown trout can pass beaver dams, study finds
The research monitored fish movements in two streams in northern Scotland – one modified by a series of four beaver dams and the other unaltered.
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Beaver Trust @beavertrust.org · 05/03/2025
Historic first official wild beaver release in England! Earlier today, our team was delighted to support the historic first licensed wild beaver release @nationaltrust.bsky.social site at Little Sea in Purbeck, Dorset. @naturalengland.bsky.social
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Beaver Trust @beavertrust.org · 28/02/2025
A landmark moment for beavers in England! 🚨 To unlock their benefits, we now need widespread population expansion - it’s time to normalise this native species. We’re reviewing today’s announcement against key tests we set out in our initial response earlier today 👇 t.co/dHU4806zrM
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Beaver Trust @beavertrust.org · 26/02/2025
New habitat unlocked: Beaver Trust has officially arrived on Bluesky 🌿 We’re here to bring you the latest on beaver conservation, ecosystem restoration and their role in shaping a wilder future. Expect dam good content, fresh updates and plenty of beaver facts. Follow us and say hello! 🦫 💬
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