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Reporting Wildlife and Coastal Issues

Useful Contacts and Information

  • PSNI (potential wildlife crime/disturbance issues)
    • Phone: 101
    • Describe your call as a wildlife crime report and give details. Ask for and incident reference number. Retain the reference number and date.
  • DAERA Marine Wildlife Team (dead stranded marine wildlife and marine wildlife issues) –
    • Phone: 028 9056 9421
    • Email: Marine.Wildlife@daera-ni.gov.uk
  • DAERA Marine Conservation and Reporting Branch (Marine Protected Areas and Protected Species, Marine Conservation issues) –
    • Email: MarineConservation@daera-ni.gov.uk
  • British Divers Marine Life Rescue (for live strandings of marine dolphins, porpoises and whales) –
    • Phone (24/7, 365): 01825 765546 (for reporting strandings)
  • Email: info@bdmlr.org.uk (for general enquiries ONLY)
  • DAERA Avian flu online reporting tool (for reporting dead birds) and advice –
    • Reporting tool: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/report-dead-wild-bird

  • Exploris Aquarium, Portaferry (for injured/sick/distressed seals, especially pups, and marine turtles)
    • Phone: 02842 728062 (select option 2)
    • Email: aquarist@explorisni.com
  • Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (for whale, dolphin and porpoise sightings) –
    • Phone: 065 905 1763

USPCA (for injured/sick/distressed birds and other small wildlife) –

  • Phone: 028 3025 1000

  • Email: enquiries@uspca.co.uk

DAERA Marine Mapviewer

Email: marine.mapviewer@daera-ni.gov.uk (for suggestions/alternative datasets)

  • NIEA Water Pollution and Pollution Prevention
    • Emergency/Urgent incident hotline (immediate attention): 0800 80 70 60Email (not requiring immediate attention): emergency-pollution@daera-ni.gov.uk
    • Email (prevention): nieapollutionprevention@daera-ni.gov.uk
  • NIEA consents/assents and ASSI concerns
    • Email: CDP@daera-ni.gov.uk
  • Marine Licensing
    • Phone: 028 9056 9247
    • Email: MarineLicensingTeam@daera-ni.gov.uk
    • Centre for Environment Data and Recording (for species record submissions) –
      • Phone: 028 9042 8428
      • Recording tools: www2.habitas.org.uk/records/home
      • Email: info@nmni.com or info@nationalmuseumsni.org

    Install the INaturalist app on your mobile device for easy recording. Every observation can contribute to biodiversity science, from the rarest butterfly to the most common backyard weed. INaturalist will share your findings with scientific data repositories like the Global Biodiversity Information Facility to help scientists find and use your data. All you have to do is observe.