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Class licences for wildlife management

From:
Natural England
Part of:
Wildlife and habitat conservation
Published:
1 January 2015
Last updated:
1 January 2016, see all updates

Register to use a class licence for activities that need specific skill or experience to avoid risk to the conservation or welfare of a protected species.

If you plan to act under the authority of a class licence you:

  • must be registered to use most class licences
  • need to apply to be registered for each licence you use
  • remain eligible to use the licence(s) for as long as you remain registered
  • meet the recording and reporting requirement for each licence

You should use a general licence for activities that have a lower risk for conservation or the welfare of a protected species.

For further information see Wildlife licences: when you need to apply.

Amphibians

  1. Great crested newts: survey or research licence (level 1)

    • Form

  2. Great crested newts: survey or research licence (level 2)

    • Form

Birds

  1. Barn owls: licence to survey them to guide future development work

    • Form

  2. Birds: licence to catch them on food premises

    • Form

  3. Birds: licence to kill or take them for air safety purposes

    • Form

  4. Hen harriers: licence to feed them on grouse moors

    • Form

Invertebrates

  1. Bumblebees: licence for emergency release of non-native species for pollination and research

    • Form

  2. Bumblebees: licence to release non-native species in commercial premises for research

    • Form

  3. Little whirlpool ramshorn snails: licence for ditch maintenance

    • Form

  4. White-clawed crayfish: licence to catch them to carry out maintenance

    • Form

  5. White-clawed crayfish: survey or research licence

    • Form

Mammals

  1. Badgers: licence for internal drainage boards to interfere with setts for drainage operations

    • Form

  2. Badgers: licence for the Forestry Commission to interfere with setts for forestry operations

    • Form

  3. Badgers: licence to interfere with setts (CL35)

    • Form

  4. Bats: licence to interfere with bat roosts (CL21)

    • Form

  5. Bats: survey class licence for volunteer bat roost visitors (level 1)

    • Form

  6. Bats: survey class licence for volunteer bat roost visitors (level 2)

    • Form

  7. Bats: survey or research licence (level 1)

    • Form

  8. Bats: survey or research licence (level 2)

    • Form

  9. Bats: survey or research licence (level 3)

    • Form

  10. Bats: survey or research licence (level 4)

    • Form

  11. Edible dormice: licence to trap them

    • Form

  12. Hazel dormice: survey or research licence (level 1)

    • Form

  13. Hazel dormice: survey or research licence (level 2)

    • Form

  14. Otters: licence to capture and transport those trapped in fisheries to prevent damage

    • Form

  15. Water voles: licence to displace them for development projects

    • Form

  16. Water voles: licence to displace them for work on flood defences, water courses or drainage systems

    • Form

Other

  1. Licence for police forces to interfere with protected species during crime investigations

    • Form

  2. Licence to possess plants and animals for scientific purposes

    • Form

  3. Licence to sell animal specimens taken before October 1981

    • Form

  4. Wild animals: licence for individuals to possess specimens

    • Form
Contents

Document information

Published: 1 January 2015

Updated: 1 January 2016

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  1. Page updated for new licences issued on 1 January 2016.
  2. First published.

From: Natural England

Part of: Wildlife and habitat conservation