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How to report environmental incidents, including pollution, damage to the natural environment, flooding, illegal fishing or a collapsed river bank.

Report a dead or injured animal such as a badger, fox or domestic pet found on the road

Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt

• Overview

  You must follow the rules for hunting and shooting wildlife including:…

• Birds

  You can shoot certain species of game birds, quarry birds and waterfowl…

• Mammals

  There are different rules for foxes, deer and other mammals. Foxes It’s…

Developers should fill in this form to show how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.

Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect bats, find out if you need to pay and how to report your actions.

• From: Natural England

Apply for a certificate to use a CITES-listed specimen for commercial purposes.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others

Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect European protected species.

• From: Natural England

Apply for a licence to kill, take, disturb or possess a protected species for survey, research or conservation work.

• From: Natural England

Apply for a licence to interfere with badger setts during development work and find out how to report your actions.

• From: Natural England

Apply to control wild birds for air safety, conservation, public health and safety or to prevent disease or agricultural damage.

• From: Natural England

If you find a stranded whale or dolphin you need to report it straight away - what to do, who to call

Wildlife protection - find out if you need a licence to kill, disturb or move animals, birds or fish

Use this form if you plan to use herbicides to control weeds in water or on the banks next to a waterbody or watercourse.

• From: Environment Agency

Find nature reserves, national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and green spaces

Apply for a licence to release non-native (alien) and schedule 9 species, or release native Eurasian beavers into secure enclosures, and how to report your actions.

• From: Natural England

Apply for a licence to manage and control certain non-native (alien) species.

• From: Natural England

Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect hazel dormice, find out if you need to pay and how to report your actions.

• From: Natural England

Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect water voles. Find out if you need to pay for the licence and how to report your actions.

• From: Natural England

Pay for a quick check of your notice to do work on a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) before you submit it.

• From: Natural England