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
Hoard of suspected poached deer skulls and fox tails uncovered after drugs raid in Nottinghamshire
NWCU Wildlife Crime DISC knowledge hub
If you have not done so already, request DISC access from the NWCU. Access levels will depend on your organisation and role.
Only police can access the Bat Crime toolkit but there is a wealth of additional resources for partners too.
Bat Crime Toolkit for investigators has been developed by the Bat Priority Delivery Group. The toolkit comprises NPCC tactical bat crime guidance, guide to Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) applications, generic bat crime interview questions, a ten-point investigators aide, a “bats and the law” document, an MOU and a flow chart for call handlers.
Information resources
Legislation
Investigative assistance
Mark Goulding (retired PWCO) can provide police investigation advice. Email (not for public circulation) mgoulding@bats.org.uk
Non police must use enquiries@bats.org.uk
Various
For historic buildings and churches – Building Works and Bats | Historic England & www.batsinchurches.org.uk
For lighting https://www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/threats-to-bats/lighting
For information for the public, builders, developers, historic buildings & churches – please visit the BCT website.
Bat roosts: use of chemical pest control products and timber treatments in or near them – GOV.UK
Countryside hedgerow protection: removing hedgerows – GOV.UKhttps://www.bats.org.uk/
‘MAGIC’ Mapping – Protected Sites mapping website