News and communications

A chance to get outdoors with nature with free activities at our National Nature Reserves – from wildlife walks and birdwatching to a day at the movies!

• Updated: 9 May 2024

Richmond perfume firm in fees fault – but Surrey wildlife the winner.

• Updated: 11 April 2024

Second-largest rodent thriving in Essex

• Updated: 28 March 2024

Joint VMD-HPRA guidance explaining additional information permissible on the labelling and package leaflet of veterinary medicines jointly labelled for the UK and Irish market.

• Updated: 8 February 2024

Fines and costs dwarf price of fishing licence

• Updated: 18 December 2023

Details of deficiencies found during an inspection.

• Updated: 14 November 2023

Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey discusses UK ambition to tackle the illegal wildlife trade in Singapore.

• Updated: 10 November 2023

South coast homes to butterflies and bees among creatures getting share of £14.5m support fund to fight extinction

• Updated: 14 September 2023

Public asked to be vigilant after sightings of Asian hornets, an invasive species, are confirmed in Kent

• Updated: 19 July 2023

Judge - Thames Water "deliberately misled" the Environment Agency in and around pollution of rivers in Sussex and Surrey in which several thousand fish died.

• Updated: 4 July 2023

Veterinary surgeons with live applications needed to help us test the pilot new special import certificate service.

• Updated: 3 July 2023

The Shark Fins Act passed into law today banning the international shark fin trade

• Updated: 29 June 2023

Vacancy for a new permanent post for a Parasiticide Stewardship and Evidence Manager.

• Updated: 19 June 2023

Product defect recall alert for Beaphar Dog Flea Shampoo Vm 16516/4026, Pets with Wilko Insecticidal Dog shampoo and Vm 16516/4010.

• Updated: 15 June 2023

Product defect recall alert for Versifel FeLV Suspension for Injection for Cats Vm 42058/4164 by Zoetis UK Limited.

• Updated: 13 June 2023

Details of CBD products for dogs stopped at Stanford-Le-Hope depot.

• Updated: 12 June 2023

Details of 11 illegal animal medicines stopped at London Gateway.

• Updated: 12 June 2023

Details of a new VMD Intelligence Unit and anonymous reporting.

• Updated: 9 June 2023

Information on the VMD’s PIR of the Animals & Animal Products Regulation of 2015 and questionnaire link.

• Updated: 6 June 2023

Details of the new Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (PiE) cross-government group working to reduce the impacts of pharmaceuticals in the environment.

• Updated: 5 June 2023