Avon / Frome

Contact Person

Rob Stephens
Living Landscape Officer
Avon Wildlife Trust

Contact Details

07421226054

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Beaver Management Group

The Avon Beaver Management Group is a partnership of organisations created to oversee the management of the wild beavers living throughout the Avon catchment and ensure that the opinions of all stakeholders are taken into account in beaver management decisions.

The BMG has three components: executive group, delivery partnership, and forum.

The Delivery Partnership is managed by the Avon, Somerset, and Wiltshire Wildlife Trusts and the Beaver Trust.

The forum will incorporate anyone from the Avon catchment with an interest in beavers and will be convened annually.

History and distribution

Wild beavers of unknown origin have been present in the Avon catchment since at least as early as 2017. Surveys in 2020 suggest that there may be as many as 50 individuals present at 9 locations on the river Frome and the lower Avon. The upper reaches of the Avon catchment have not yet been surveyed for beaver activity.

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