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Register as an ecological consultant to disturb or capture common bats, or damage or destroy low conservation status roosts; find out how to register a site and if you need to pay.
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
Guidance on the methods that can be used to help manage wild birds like geese, gulls and pigeons without a licence.
Urgent and clinically significant safety updates arising from pharmacovigilance data, including reported adverse events, for veterinary medicines authorised in the UK.
How to get a handling or storage site approved, how to store animal by-products (ABPs) and derived products, and how to build the site.
How to spot and report bee pests and diseases.
References and list of enforcement notices and prosecutions which involved illegal activity with animal medicines in the last year.
Find out what IPM is and how to apply it on your land.
As a planning authority, find out how to review applications that might affect protected sites and areas.
Details of Minimum Conservation Reference Sizes (MCRS) in UK waters.
If you buy a pet dog or cat, it’s important that you make checks to help combat the illegal trade in pet animals.
How to apply for a licence, when you need a licence, fees, licence conditions and records you must keep.
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.
Who can fish commercially, who can buy and sell first-sale fish, how to report sales information.
This Handbook sets out a standard way of recording hedgerows.
Find out what you can do to prevent tree pests and diseases from establishing and spreading.
Find out when and how to report a notifiable tree pest or disease in the UK, and information on services such as Tree Alert, TreeCheck and Observatree.
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
A list of places where you can bring consignments of plants, seeds and produce into the UK, including ports and airports.
Institutes, centres and premises in Great Britain approved to move animals, semen and embryos covered by the Balai Directive.
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