Further information:
For complete lists of protected animals and plants visit the Joint Nature Conservation Committee’s website at www.jncc.gov.uk
• The UK Biodiversity Action Plan website, www.ukbap.org.uk, gives information on species and habitats covered under the UK’s contribution to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
• An informative booklet on Scottish wildlife law is: Scotland’s Wildlife: The Law and You, published by Scottish Natural Heritage in 1998.
• For information about licensing activities that might contravene restrictions under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, contact Natural England, the Countryside Council for Wales or Scottish Natural Heritage.