Collection

Invertebrate licences

Licences for activities affecting large blue butterflies, Fisher's estuarine moths and little whirlpool ramshorn snails.

• From: Natural England and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 9 October 2014

Find out how invertebrates are protected.

Licences to possess or sell invertebrates

• Wild birds and animals: licence to possess samples (GL10)
  • 1 January 2025
  • Statutory guidance
• Licence to possess plants and animals for scientific purposes (CL01)
  • 1 January 2025
  • Statutory guidance
• Licence to sell animal specimens taken before October 1981 (CL07)
  • 1 January 2025
  • Statutory guidance
• Wild animals: licence for individuals to possess specimens (CL06)
  • 1 January 2025
  • Statutory guidance
• Protected animals: licence for taxidermists to own dead animals (GL02)
  • 1 January 2025
  • Statutory guidance
• European protected species: apply for a licence to possess them (A37 and LR37)
  • 8 March 2022
  • Form
• Licence to sell protected plants and animals (A38 and LR38)
  • 1 March 2022
  • Form

European protected invertebrates mitigation licences

• European protected species: apply for a mitigation licence (A12)
  • 1 April 2025
  • Form

Licences to survey or research protected invertebrates

• Protected species licence for science, education or conservation (A29)
  • 1 April 2025
  • Form

Licences for little whirlpool ramshorn snails

• Little whirlpool ramshorn snails: licence to do ditch maintenance (CL14)
  • 4 June 2025
  • Statutory guidance

Published 9 October 2014