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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
You must follow the rules for hunting and shooting wildlife including:�
You can shoot certain species of game birds, quarry birds and waterfowl�
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Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
Developers should fill in this form to show how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).
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.
Use this form if you plan to use herbicides to control weeds in water or on the banks next to a waterbody or watercourse.
Apply for a licence to interfere with badger setts during development work and find out how to report your actions.
Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect European protected species.
Apply for a licence to kill, take, disturb or possess a protected species for survey, research or conservation work.
Wildlife protection - find out if you need a licence to kill, disturb or move animals, birds or fish
Apply for a licence to manage and control certain non-native (alien) species.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of Solent.
If you find a stranded whale or dolphin you need to report it straight away - what to do, who to call
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.
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.
Find nature reserves, national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and green spaces
Templates for creating a biodiversity gain plan for a phased development, to send to your local planning authority.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of River Avon SAC.
Apply for a licence to kill or take fish-eating birds causing significant damage to a fishery and find out how to report your actions.
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