The first colony of beavers that live on the River Otter in Devon has now increased in its size. One of the female beavers from the colony has given birth to at least two kits. The images taken by local filmmaker Tom Buckley have provided the evidence of the new arrivals.

The footage shows two kits taking their first swim. One of the clips, the mother beaver could be seen giving the kits a tour of the river. Throughout this, the mother beaver held its babies very carefully in her jaws.

Buckley said, "My first sighting of this year's new born kits was when I saw their mother swimming with one of them in her mouth to an area nearby where their father was waiting to greet them". It was quite overwhelming to see the new born beavers.

One of the kits was not happy out in the wild and soon, returned to its burrow. In February 2014, the population of beavers was confirmed for the first time on the River Otto. Also, it was for the first time that breeding beavers were known to live in the English countryside in as much as 400 years.

In summer 2014, the department for environment, food and rural affairs thought to remove the animals, as they might be carrying the disease. The Devon Wildlife Trust entered into a partnership with local landowners, academic institutions and beaver veterinary and management experts to help them come up with a wild beaver monitoring project.

Wild beavers were captured and check to see whether they were healthy and were again released into the wild. It is considered there are now there are at least 11 beavers in the river, including babies. There are chances that there could be 15 as well.