Stunning photos show adorable baby beaver enjoying life at Shropshire river enclosure

A series of stunning images captured by an acclaimed Shropshire wildlife photographer show how a baby beaver has been enjoying life in its dedicated county home.

A pair of beavers were released into a 15 acre enclosure along the River Clun at the head of the Clun Valley in the Shropshire Hills back in February last year.

Andrew Fusek-Peters, from Lydbury North, who has achieved national recognition for his incredible wildlife pictures, has taken a host of images showing the creatures in their enclosed site at Clun Valley Organics.

The photographer was part of a team which helped build a specialist new hide along the waterway, which allows the public the rare chance to observe beavers in the wild - something not usually possible due to the private and secretive nature of the animals.

Now Andrew has revealed pictures which show what appears to be a baby beaver at the site - and spoken of how the hide allows for an unprecedented chance to see the animals going about their business.

The photographer said he had been to the hide on five days over the last two weeks - and with the help of a few carrots and staying very quiet, he was able to get pictures of the rare and very shy animals.

He said: “As long as you are really quiet it is fine. Literally my phone went off one time on one of the visits and they all disappeared under the water in a flash.”

He added: “I think this level of access and the ability to see them going about their lives is very special - I am so honoured, I just love it.”

The project, which has seen the beavers released into a 15-acre enclosure, is a collaboration between The Severn Rivers Trust, the Environment Agency, Shropshire Wildlife Trust, and the Shropshire Hills National Landscape Team, with landowner Trevor Wheeler.