Invertebrates

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Services

• Bumblebees: licence to release non-native species in commercial premises for research (CL34)

  Get a licence to release non-native bumblebees in commercial glasshouses as part of the Tomato Growers Association bee pollinator research project.

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Guidance and regulation

• Invasive non-native (alien) animal species: rules in England and Wales
  • Detailed guide
  • 18 November 2024
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Permission to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon and sea trout
  • Detailed guide
  • 13 January 2023
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, and Environment Agency
• Honey bees: protecting them from pests and diseases
  • Detailed guide
  • 21 August 2024
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
• White-clawed crayfish: advice for making planning decisions
  • Detailed guide
  • 26 October 2023
  • Natural England
• White-clawed crayfish: survey or research licence (CL11)
  • Statutory guidance
  • 1 January 2024
  • Natural England

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News and communications

• 2,000 oysters reintroduced into the Solent to boost biodiversity and improve water quality
  • 29 August 2024
  • Ministry of Defence, Defence Equipment and Support, and Defence Infrastructure Organisation
  • News story
• The Environment Agency invests £225,000 into local angling
  • 17 July 2024
  • Environment Agency
  • Press release
• Three new wetlands created in Evenlode Valley
  • 16 July 2024
  • Environment Agency
  • Press release
• Ramsgate to Whitstable King Charles III England Coast Path opens
  • 25 October 2023
  • Natural England
  • Press release
• Kent and Sussex species benefit from new funding
  • 14 September 2023
  • Natural England
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Point of first release for statistics on abundance of UK butterflies (2024 publication; includes data up to 2023)
  • 22 March 2024
  • Joint Nature Conservation Committee
  • Official statistics
• Point of first release for statistics on abundance of UK butterflies (2023 publication; includes data up to 2022)
  • 24 March 2023
  • Joint Nature Conservation Committee
  • Official statistics
• Agriculture and rural land management: challenges for the water environment
  • 7 April 2022
  • Environment Agency
  • Research
• Point of first release for statistics on abundance of UK butterflies
  • 20 March 2020
  • Joint Nature Conservation Committee
  • Official statistics
• Guidance on habitat for white-clawed crayfish
  • 1 January 2003
  • Environment Agency
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• National pollinator strategy: for bees and other pollinators in England
  • 4 March 2015
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 02 May 2014
• National pollinator strategy: for bees and other pollinators in England
  • 10 April 2019
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Policy paper
• Bees and other pollinators: their health and value
  • 5 July 2013
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Communications with pesticide manufacturers concerning bees
  • 24 November 2016
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Foi release
• Honey bees
  • 14 August 2013
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Foi release

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Organisations

• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Animal & Plant Health Agency
• Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
• Ministry of Defence

• Natural England

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• Environment Agency
• Defence Equipment and Support
• Defence Infrastructure Organisation