section=beaver-facts&page=beaver-trial-faqs&faq=beaver-breeding Beaver basics: basic beaver ecology - When do beavers start breeding and are they around all year?
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FAQ: When do beavers start breeding and are they around all year?

Beaver family group copyright Jonathan Usher SmithBeavers live for 7 – 8 years, mate for life and breed from the age of two with one litter of 2 – 3 kits each year. They are highly territorial and live in family groups, they live mainly in freshwater lochs and slow flowing rivers and burns. Beavers are crepuscular, rather than nocturnal meaning they are most active at dawn and dusk throughout the year and do not hibernate.

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