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Register for a licence to survey white-clawed crayfish for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under this 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.
Apply for your organisation to become a responsible body for conservation covenants.
How to prepare a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
Get a licence to catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish 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.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater pearl mussels on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to survey bats using mist nets and acoustic lures for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
Licence to survey bats for conservation purposes.
When you can get a licence to catch salmon or sea trout by net in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
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.
Get a general licence to sell dead wild birds and their parts.
Get a general licence to sell captive bred live wild birds.
Get a general licence to release native and formerly native wild bird or animal species whose release is normally prohibited.
When you get a Special Nature Conservation Order (SNCO) and how to challenge it, what a stop notice means, and get consent for restricted activities that affect European sites.
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