Yellow-legged Asian Hornet Week 1st - 7th September 2025
Operation EASTER launches for the 28th year
Bat Conservation Trust launch Halloween video to celebrate bats 🦇
Operation Badger re-launch for National Badger Day!
Craig Fellowes awarded MBE for services to wildlife
Operation EASTER ~ 27 years of stopping egg thieves
Man who abseiled down cliff to take peregrine falcon eggs jailed
Newport company fined for the demolition of Bat Roost
Cheshire man sentenced after admitting animal cruelty offences
2,114 seizures of endangered animals and timber in major international law enforcement operation
Natural England prosecutes developer for breaching Bat Mitigation Licence
Vale of Glamorgan man prosecuted for destroying valuable wildlife habitat
Wildlife detectives take part in new Forensics Training programme
PSNI investigate death of two white-tailed eagles
PSNI launch Operation SUBRISION to deter and detect rural and wildlife crime
Lewisham man convicted for illegally exporting ivory
Operation EASTER launched for 2023 - stopping egg thieves and egg collectors
Monmouthshire company fined for damaging an important Great Crested Newt habitat
Two Lincolnshire men sentenced under new hare coursing legislation
04 Sep 2025
Posted by NWCU1 
The British Beekeepers’ Association is urging everyone to stay alert, get informed and be ready to report any sightings of the invasive Yellow-legged Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) as part of our Yellow-legged Asian Hornet Week: 1st – 7th September 2025. This year is already a record-breaker for yellow-legged Asian hornets (YLH). Predominantly it is Kent and […]
Read more → 17 Apr 2025
Posted by NWCU4 
The national enforcement campaign to protect our nesting wild birds is underway for 2025. The taking of wild bird eggs is a serious crime which threatens bird populations across the UK and internationally. However, this activity remains an illicit hobby for some determined individuals. Whole clutches of eggs can be taken from some of the […]
Read more → 26 Oct 2024
Posted by NWCU4 
Bat Conservation Trust are starting a new tradition this Halloween to celebrate our incredible night-time heroes – bats! Protect Bats This Halloween While bat decorations are popular during this time of year, real bats are often overlooked despite the crucial role they play in protecting our environment. You can help protect these awesome animals who […]
Read more → 06 Oct 2024
Posted by NWCU4 
National Badger Day is celebrated every year on October 6 to appreciate the beauty of badgers and to share our love for these amazing animals. And yet, badger crime continues to persist across the UK. It comes in many forms but the most horrific is the practice of badger baiting. Badgers are also killed illegally […]
Read more → 18 Jun 2024
Posted by NWCU4 
Craig Fellowes, a retired police officer who spent more than 40 years tackling wildlife crime has been awarded an MBE. Craig is ‘one of policing’s top wildlife experts’ who uses his knowledge to train others including officers and volunteers. He became Warwickshire Police’s wildlife crime officer in the 1990s and became a training consultant after […]
Read more → 28 Mar 2024
Posted by NWCU4
The national enforcement campaign to protect our nesting wild birds is underway for 2024. The taking of wild bird eggs is a serious crime yet it remains an illicit hobby for some determined individuals. Whole clutches of eggs can be taken from some of the UK’s rarest birds and stored in secret collections. New risks […]
Read more → 15 Jan 2024
Posted by NWCU4 
A man who took peregrine falcon eggs from a nest by abseiling down a quarry cliff face has been jailed for 18 weeks. Christopher Wheeldon, of Lime Grove, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, took the eggs at Bolsover Moor Quarry, in the county on 23 April last year. The eggs are often taken to order for the […]
Read more → 15 Jan 2024
Posted by NWCU4 
A building design and construction company, has been fined £2605 for illegally destroying a building in Lliswerry, Newport where protected Pipistrelles bats were known to be roosting. Mr Christopher Davey, the Director of Your Space Projects Limited, pleaded guilty to breaching the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended) at Newport Magistrates Court […]
Read more → 15 Jan 2024
Posted by NWCU4 
A 27-year-old man from Weaverham in Cheshire has been sentenced after admitting cruelty to animal offences. Liam Talbot, from Weaverham appeared at Chester Crown Court on Monday 8 January to plead guilty to causing unnecessary suffering in relation to a dog called Sid, Animal fighting between dogs and badgers or foxes, causing three dogs to […]
Read more → 18 Dec 2023
Posted by NWCU1 
Endangered animals including elephants, rhinos and pangolins, as well as protected timber, particularly tropical hardwoods, have been seized in a joint INTERPOL – World Customs Organization (WCO) operation to stop wildlife and timber trafficking. From 2 – 27 October, customs and police officers coordinated some 500 arrests worldwide and more than 2,000 confiscations of animals […]
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