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Register for a licence to temporarily mark hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under the licence.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow internal drainage boards to carry out works that could disturb or damage their burrows and report your actions.
How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
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.
Use this form to report any action taken under a volunteer bat roost visitor licence.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting forestry operations.
Get a general licence to take mallard duck eggs for incubation and rearing in captivity as long as you release them later in the year.
Get a licence to capture and transport live Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that are trapped in fisheries to prevent damage.
Find out what a volunteer bat roost visitor (VBRV) does and how to get trained and licenced to carry out bat roost visits.
How to assess a planning application when there are natterjack toads on or near a proposed development site.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of undertaking watercourse or drainage maintenance operations.
Licence to survey bats for conservation purposes.
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
Products and chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost if bats are not present.
Get a general licence to sell dead wild red squirrels and pine martens.
Licence to train volunteer bat roost visitors and survey bats for conservation.
Use this general licence to capture and temporarily possess live bats to test for European bat lyssavirus and kill those with the virus.
Get a general licence to sell black-headed gull eggs for human consumption if you're a retailer or restaurateur.
Register to use a licence to maintain drainage ditches inhabited by little whirlpool ramshorn snails and find out how to report your actions.
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