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How to deal with wild birds causing a health or safety issue, or a problem on your farm or fishery and when you need a licence.
Apply for a licence to interfere with badger setts for agriculture, forestry and drainage purposes and to prevent damage and find out how to report your actions.
As a group of fisheries, apply for a licence to control cormorants causing serious damage within a defined area or catchment.
Apply for a licence to kill, take, disturb or possess wildlife for survey, research or conservation work, or to prevent stoats from damaging livestock.
Find out what you can do to stop deer causing damage to your property.
How to solve a pest problem with foxes, moles and mink using traps, snares and other methods.
This guidance aims to provide help for those seeking to better understand the requirements and practical application of the regulations.
Get a licence to capture and transport live Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that are trapped in fisheries to prevent damage.
RA withdrawn, requirement is satisfactorily covered in RA 5726 and the MASIM.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain wild birds to prevent serious damage.
Apply to control wild birds for air safety, conservation, public health and safety or to prevent disease or agricultural damage.
A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.
Find out how you can control pests on your property - help from professionals, methods you can and cannot use, protecting wildlife, getting a wildlife licence
What you must do to avoid harming birds and when you’ll need a licence.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
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