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Guidance on the methods that can be used to help manage wild birds like geese, gulls and pigeons without a licence.
Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.
A list of species or subspecies from the EC Habitats Directive.
Information on the Nutrient Management Plan that's being developed by the Environment Agency and Natural England for the River Wye.
Find out about a new National Nature Reserve (NNR) in Cheshire and Greater Manchester.
How the rules are changing to extend eligible Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreements from 2025 and what you need to do.
How to assess a planning application when there are Eurasian beavers on or near a proposed development site.
Find out how to sell wild birds and animals legally and safely, and what licences you need to get.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the install temporary water storage features item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the silt filtration dams or seepage barriers item.
Find out about Natural England's proposals to improve coastal access in Norfolk.
Find out about Natural England's proposals to improve coastal access in Essex.
How to host educational access visits safely and within the terms of your Higher Level Stewardship agreement.
Find out how to control wild geese populations using egg oiling or by round-up and culling, if you’re permitted to do so under the terms of your licence.
Find out what you should include in a heritage management plan, who to consult and the approval process for conditionally exempt properties.
You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
Standing advice for local planning authorities, developers and ecologists for assessing the impacts of wind farms on wild birds.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the Deer vehicle gate option.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
Overview for people who want to apply to make a change to the registers of common land or the registers of town and village greens.
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