Key reports on beavers in Scotland
On this page you can find links to NatureScot’s beaver reports, including beavers in Scotland, beaver management reports and commissioned reports.
Disclaimer: due to a cyber security attack on the National Libraries of Scotland where some of these reports were archived, these may note be available. We are working hard to reconnect these documents.
Beavers in Scotland and key reports
- Beavers in Scotland report
- Tayside Beaver Study Group
- Scottish Beaver Trial
- Beaver Salmonid Working Group
- Beaver chapter - Species Action Framework Handbook
- Public health risk of Giardia and Cryptosporidium posed by reintroduction of beavers into Scotland
- Establishing the potential influence of beaver activity on the functioning of rivers and streams and water resource management in Scotland
NatureScot Beaver Management reports
NatureScot Commissioned Reports
Beaver and reintroduction and reviews of impacts
- Information and Advisory Note 55 - Re-Introducing European Beavers to Scotland
- NatureScot Review 49: The Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) in Scotland: a review of the literature and historical evidence
- NatureScot Review 85: Analysis of the effects of beaver dam-building activities on local hydrology
- NatureScot Research, Survey and Monitoring Report 093 - Development of a protocol for identifying beaver release sites
- NatureScot Research, Survey and Monitoring Report 094 - Identification and assessment of possible beaver sites in Scotland
- NatureScot Review 86: Review of the potential impacts of re-introducing Eurasian beaver Castor fiber L. on the ecology and movement of native fishes, and the likely implications for current angling practices in Scotland
- NatureScot Research, Survey and Monitoring Report 121 - Re-introduction of the European beaver to Scotland results of a public consultation
- NatureScot Review 126: European beaver and woodland habitats: a review
- NatureScot Review 127: A morphometric comparison of the skulls of fossil British and extant European beavers, Castor fiber
- NatureScot Research, Survey and Monitoring Report 153 - Predicting the outcome of a proposed re-introduction of the European beaver (Castor fiber) to Scotland
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 349 - A Critical Review of the Effects of Beavers Upon Fish and Fish Stocks
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 814: A model simulating potential colonisation by Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) following reintroduction to Scotland
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 875: A geospatial analysis of potential Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) colonisation following reintroduction to Scotland
Beaver population, health and genetic reports
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 540: Distribution, population assessment and activities of beavers in Tayside
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 681: Trapping and health screening of free-living beavers within the River Tay catchment, east Scotland
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 682: Genetic assessment of free-living beavers in and around the River Tay catchment, east Scotland
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 802: Group size and reproductive rates within the Tayside beaver population, Perthshire
- NatureScot Research Report 1013 - Survey of the Tayside area beaver population 2017-2018
- NatureScot Research Report 1274 - Survey of the Tayside Area Beaver Population 2020-2021
Management and socio-economic reports
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 812: Managing wild Eurasian beavers: a review of European management practices with consideration for Scottish application
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 805: Tayside beaver socio-economic impact study
- NatureScot Research Report 1318 - Nature’s contribution to people and community engagement: socio-cultural and economic perceptions of beaver presence in the environment
Scottish Beaver Trial - Final independent reports
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 683: The Scottish Beaver Trial: Fluvial geomorphology and river habitat 2008-2013, final report
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 684: The Scottish Beaver Trial: Stream and loch hydrology 2009-2014, final report
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 685: The Scottish Beaver Trial: Ecological monitoring of the European beaver Castor fiber and other riparian mammals 2009-2014, final report
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 688: The Scottish Beaver Trial: Monitoring of aquatic vegetation and associated features of the Knapdale lochs 2008-2013, final report
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 694: The Scottish Beaver Trial: Lichen Impact Assessment 2010-2014, final report
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 788 -The Scottish Beaver Trial - Woodland monitoring 2009 - 2013, final report
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 785: The Scottish Beaver Trial: Odonata monitoring 2009-2014, final report
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 799 - The Scottish Beaver Trial - Socio-economic monitoring, final report
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 816: The Scottish Beaver Trial: Fish monitoring 2008-2013, final report
Scottish Beaver Trial - Interim Reports
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 26 - Testing methods for monitoring beaver impacts on terrestrial vegetation in Knapdale
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 77 - Trial reintroduction of the European beaver to Knapdale - public health monitoring 2001-3
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 392 - The Scottish Beaver Trial - Collection of fluvial geomorphology and river habitat baseline data 2008
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 383 - The Scottish Beaver Trial - Ecological monitoring of the European beaver Castor fiber and other riparian mammals - initial methodological protocols 2009
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 391 - The Scottish Beaver Trial - Baseline survey of the aquatic and semi-aquatic macrophytes of the lochs 2008
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 393 - The Scottish Beaver Trial - Woodland monitoring 2009
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 399 - The Scottish Beaver Trial - Survey of fish populations 2008
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 450 - The Scottish Beaver Trial - Ecological monitoring of the European beaver Castor fiber and other riparian mammals - First Annual Report 2010
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 455 - The Scottish Beaver Trial - Monitoring and further baseline survey of the aquatic and semi-aquatic macrophytes of the lochs 2009
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 462 - The Scottish Beaver Trial - Woodland monitoring 2010
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 467 - The Scottish Beaver Trial - Survey of fish populations 2009
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 482 - The Scottish Beaver Trial - Socio-economic monitoring - First report 2011
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 489 - The Scottish Beaver Trial - Collection of fluvial geomorphology and the river habitat data 2010
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 553 - The Scottish Beaver Trial - Ecological monitoring of the European beaver Castor fiber and other riparian mammals - Third Annual Report 2012
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 510 - The Scottish Beaver Trial - Ecological monitoring of the European beaver Castor fibre and other riparian mammals - Second Annual Report 2011
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 525 - The Scottish Beaver Trial - Woodland monitoring 2011
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 553 - The Scottish Beaver Trial - Ecological monitoring of the European beaver Castor fiber and other riparian mammals - Third Annual Report 2012
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 613: The Scottish Beaver Trial: Woodland monitoring 2012
- NatureScot Commissioned Report 687: The Scottish Beaver Trial: Monitoring survey of aquatic and semi-aquatic macrophytes of the lochs 2011
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