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Clarifying the Facts: Tagging of hedgehogs and licensing requirements

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Biodiversity, Licensing, Monitoring, Natural England, Nature Recovery, Protected sites and species, Science and evidence, Species recovery, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Image shows a hedgehog amongst some dry leaves and green ivy

There has been some misinformation on social media recently regarding the tagging of hedgehogs to enable identification of individuals. This blog post from Natural England aims to set the record straight and provide clarity on this important issue. Background Marking …

Updates to planning guidance to help safeguard England’s protected species and ancient woodland, ancient and veteran trees

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Protected sites and species, Uncategorized
A bluebell carpet at Thorpe Wood Peterborough

Recently we updated our standing advice to help local planning authorities take planning decisions which protect and enhance England’s irreplaceable ancient woodland, ancient and veteran trees and our rare and threatened species. Natural England’s role is to provide advice to …

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