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Find out what visitors can and can't do on greens and how to maintain and de-register your land as an owner or local authority.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the identification of orchard fruit tree varieties item.
Find out about eligibility requirements for beaver protection infrastructure item
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the traps for edible dormouse item.
Complete declaration forms as part of an application for a bat mitigation licence.
How to report volunteering-related incidents, accidents, near hit and concerns to Natural England.
Register for a licence to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish for maintenance work on water bodies and find out how to report your actions.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.
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.
You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
How to apply for an individual licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges on special protection areas, special areas of conservation, or within 500 metres of their boundaries – and report actions taken und…
Plants that you need a licence to sell.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the anti-predator temporary electric fencing item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the traps for American mink item.
Register for a licence to survey bats using harp traps for scientific, research, or educational purposes including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
Find out how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
Which chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost and what you need to know before you use them.
Standing advice for local planning authorities, developers and ecologists for assessing the impacts of wind farms on wild birds.
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