The UK National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) are please to launch “Undisturbed” – a social media initiative to raise awareness among wildlife photographers and drone users of their responsibilities while sourcing images of wild animals. The affordability of modern digital camera technology has produced an ever-growing interest in capturing photographs of wildlife. A number of […]

As the holiday season approaches, increasing reports of dolphin disturbance incidents in the waters around the UK involving members of the public have prompted WDC (Whale & Dolphin Conservation) to launch a new public information drive in partnership with the NWCU. Of particular concern is the lack of awareness of the existing laws around disturbance […]

Operation EASTER ~ stopping egg thieves and egg collectors Wild birds are nesting and the national campaign to protect them across the UK is underway. Egg thieves will go to any lengths to raid the nests of rare species but Operation EASTER is determined to stop them in their tracks. Operation EASTER was developed in […]

WARNING:  This article contains images which some readers may find disturbing. On Friday 12th October 2018, Mary Holliday Lamar, 51 years, of Ashover Road, Old Tupton, Derbyshire pleaded guilty at Chesterfield Magistrates Court to possessing a wild Peregrine falcon and keeping an unregistered Schedule 4 bird. Lamar, who is a US national now living in […]

31 August 2018 Specialists have warned that those operating drones could be causing stress to wildlife. Drones have become increasingly popular for taking aerial photographs and for conservation work, such as scientific surveys.  But your drone could put you on the wrong side of the law, if you fly it too close to wildlife. The […]