UK Law

There is now a proliferation of UK Law affecting flora, fauna and habitats.
We are qualified in UK Law and specialises in mitigation of the following typical species:

Badgers
Bats
Black Redstarts
Common Lizards
European Protected Species (EPS)
Flora
Great Crested Newts
Slow Worms
Snakes

Solutions we regularily offer for the above species are Surveys, Licence Applications, Migitations and Translocations.

The Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981)

The WCA defines the protection of various UK species regarding actions that can be carried out on a development site, for example:

Protection of wild birds, their nests and eggs
Protection of other animals
Protection of plants
Introduction of non-Native species
Import or Export of endangered species

Biodiversity/Species/Habitat Action Plan (BAP/SAP/HAP)

There is now an obligation on developers to encourage biodiversity and to protect certain species and habitat. Typical examples are:

Common Dormouse
Stag Beetle
Mosses
Lichens
Amphibians
Reptiles

Slow Worms

Lizards

Bats

Black Redstart

Dormouse

Wildlife Matters

UK Law

The Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981)

Biodiversity/Species/Habitat Action Plan (BAP/SAP/HAP)