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Get a general licence to sell captive bred live wild birds.
Trappers of certain species of mammal must use traps that meet international humaneness standards.
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.
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
Register for a licence to survey bats using mist nets and acoustic lures for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects.
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.
Find out what you can do to stop deer causing damage to your property.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater pearl mussels on or near a proposed development site.
An overview of beaver activities and the 5-step management approach.
Get a general licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds' nests between 1 September and 31 January.
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.
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.
Information for landowners about how Natural England investigates reports of death or injury to wildlife or pets where pesticides may be involved.
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.
Get a licence to capture and transport live Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that are trapped in fisheries to prevent damage.
Use this general licence to keep disabled schedule 4 wild birds for up to 6 weeks to rehabilitate them.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting forestry operations.
Use this general licence to rear chicks from the incubated eggs of captive-bred schedule 4 birds for a limited period.
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