If it is nesting season (Feb to August inclusive) and you think there are signs of nesting birds in a tree or trees about to be felled, ask the local authority/contractors for the ecologists’ report and their licence which is required to do any work if an active nest is present. If they have no licence or are not co-operating and the felling is imminent, call the police and ask for Wildlife Officer immediately call 999 and ask for the Wildlife Officer.
Do you believe it to be a habitat for bats? If yes, call the police and ask for Wildlife Officer.
Is the tree or trees over 5 cubic metres of wood? If it is it will require a felling licence check Forestry Commission website for list of permissions. If no licence, contact Forestry Commission. The Forestry Commission will be able to enforce a breach if the trees have already been felled, but you have evidence that work should have had a felling licence.
Request information from the council including for an arboricultural report. If they will not help, do a Freedom of Information request (FOI), the easiest way to do this is to use Write To Them.
