Collection

Bird licences

Licences for activities affecting birds.

Published 13 October 2014

• From: Natural England and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Keep and exhibit birds

1. Birds: licence to show them without the correct rings (A21 and LR21)
   • 14 April 2015
   • Form
2. Birds: licence to keep them in show cages for training
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form
3. Wild birds: licence to show captive bred birds competitively
   • 12 March 2018
   • Form

Kill, take or disturb birds

1. Birds: licence to catch them on food premises
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form
2. Birds: licence to kill or take them for air safety purposes
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form
3. Gulls: licence to control them to conserve other birds (A36 and LR36)
   • 15 April 2015
   • Form
4. Hen harriers: licence to feed them on grouse moors (CL25)
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form
5. Mallard ducks: licence to take eggs and rear and release chicks
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form
6. Ruddy ducks: licence to kill or take them
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form
7. Wild birds: apply for a licence to disturb them for photography (A28)
   • 17 July 2015
   • Form
8. Wild birds: apply for a licence to disturb them for science (A27)
   • 17 July 2015
   • Form
9. Wild birds: apply for a licence to kill wild birds for falconry (A41 and LR41)
   • 14 April 2015
   • Form
10. Birds: licence to take or kill for health or safety purposes (GL05)
    • 1 January 2018
    • Form
11. Wild birds: licence to kill, take or disturb to prevent disease or agricultural damage, for conservation, or public health and safety (A08 and LR08)
    • 31 August 2016
    • Form
12. Wild birds: licence to disturb, kill or take for science (A33 and LR33)
    • 17 July 2015
    • Form
13. Wild birds: licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs
    • 1 January 2018
    • Form
14. Wild birds: licence to take or kill for conservation purposes
    • 1 January 2018
    • Form
15. Wild birds: licence to take or kill to prevent damage or disease
    • 8 January 2018
    • Form
16. Wild birds: report actions taken for science or photography
    • 6 February 2018
    • Form

Protect fisheries

1. Cormorants: group licence to kill or take them to prevent damage to fisheries
   • 11 July 2017
   • Form
2. Licence for an individual to protect their fishery from fish-eating birds (A06 and A07)
   • 16 July 2015
   • Form

Sell birds and eggs

1. Black headed gulls: licence for retailers and restaurateurs to sell eggs
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form
2. Black-headed gulls: licence to sell eggs for human consumption (A22 and LR22)
   • 14 April 2015
   • Form
3. Mealy redpoll: licence to sell and exhibit ringed mealy redpoll
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form
4. Wild birds: licence to sell captive bred live wild birds (GL18)
   • 12 March 2018
   • Form
5. Wild birds: licence to sell dead wild birds
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form
6. Wild birds: licence to sell them without the correct rings (A20 and LR20)
   • 14 April 2015
   • Form

Treat and rehabilitate birds

1. Wild birds: licence for vets to rehabilitate them
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form
2. Wild birds: licence to keep them for rehabilitation
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form

Other licences

1. Barn owls: licence to survey them to guide future development work (CL29)
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form
2. Non-native species: apply for a licence to release them (A03 and LR03)
   • 8 December 2017
   • Form
3. Wild birds: licence to incubate and rear their eggs and chicks
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form
4. Wild birds: licence to release schedule 9 species
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form
5. Wild birds and animals: licence to possess samples
   • 1 January 2018
   • Form

Published 13 October 2014