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Bats: survey or research licence (level 2)

From:: Natural England
Part of:: Bat licences and Class licences for wildlife management
Published:: 6 October 2014
Last updated:: 1 January 2017, see all updates
Applies to:: England

Get a licence to take or disturb bats using torches, endoscopes and nets when doing surveys, research or conservation work (licence CL18).

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Bats: survey or research licence (level 2) (CL18)

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Details

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats by hand or by using:

torches
endoscopes
static hand-held nets

You can disturb but not handle hibernating bats.

You need a:

level 1 licence if you only need to use a torch
level 3 licence to use mist nets and acoustic lures
level 4 licence to use harp traps
separate personal licence to do anything not covered by this licence (for example to use rings and tags)

Register with Natural England

This is a class licence – you don’t need to apply for it but you must register with Natural England using the survey or research protected species form (A34) first.

You don’t need to send in this form if you have a personal survey licence for bats.

References

You usually need to send a reference form when you register for this licence if:

you haven’t held a licence for the species or a similar species for the last 3 years
you have a licence but want to add new methods

Report action taken

You must return a report of action taken under a bat survey or research licence form no later than 30 April each year, even if you’ve taken no action.

This form is also used to renew your registration.

Document information

Published: 6 October 2014

Updated: 1 January 2017

+ full page history

1 January 2017 Annual licence update 2017.
1 January 2016 Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.
1 January 2015 new version of CL18 valid from 1 January to 31 December 2015.
6 October 2014 First published.