The site where they've put the beavers is a small parcel of land (less than 0.04 sq mi) next to an out-of-town retail park and industrial estate. I'm reasonably

The site where they've put the beavers is a small parcel of land (less than 0.04 sq mi) next to an out-of-town retail park and industrial estate. I'm reasonably familiar with the site, and have walked the canal more a handful of times and driven the A4127 so many times I've lost count. The air quality here is poor, about 7.5 times the WHO annual air quality guideline values for PM2.5. It's a nice idea, but I can't help but feel like the beavers probably had a better life in Scotland where they were taken from. Online sources suggest that a more normal habitat size would be an order of magnitude larger [1] The problem with Greater London is how dense it all is; if we had better public transport connections and fewer London-centric employers (or indeed, more of an appreciation for remote working) it'd be possible for there to be more and larger green spaces which would help with the whole city being a massive urban heat island. There are some glimmers of hope, the A4127 has become a nightmare to drive on recently due to HS2 works - a necessary evil - which will hopefully encourage more offices to be established between London and Birmingham. It's a shame the wider HS2 scheme was castrated in yet another example of short-sighted thinking. [1] https://www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk/beaver-faqs https://www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk/beaver-faqs