Stephanie Bird-Halton

Protecting nature through our enforcement work – latest data published

Stephanie Bird-Halton, 21 February 2023 - Biodiversity, Licensing, Protected sites and species

By Stephanie Bird-Halton, National Delivery Director. At Natural England our mission is to build partnerships for nature’s recovery, which is reflected in our work with a wide range of people to rebuild sustainable ecosystems and protect and restore habitats, species, …

Gamekeeper sentenced for raptor persecution illustrates wider problem of wildlife poisonings

Stephanie Bird-Halton, 16 February 2023 - Licensing, Protected sites and species, Wildlife

By Stephanie Bird-Halton, National Delivery Director. Today, Paul Allen, a gamekeeper working on the Shaftesbury Estate in Dorset, was sentenced for offences of possession of dead buzzards, keeping of banned pesticides and failing to comply with conditions of shotgun and …

Beavers are now legally protected in England – the licensing regime explained

Stephanie Bird-Halton, 3 October 2022 - Biodiversity, Licensing, Natural England, Protected sites and species, Species re-introductions

By Stephanie Bird-Halton - Director of National Delivery Protection of beavers and why it’s important On 1 October 2022 the legislation changed to protect wild-living beavers in England. Beavers are now listed in Schedule 2 of the Conservation of Habitats …

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