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Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting forestry operations.
Licence to survey bats for conservation purposes.
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
A list of designated responsible bodies able to enter into conservation covenant agreements with landowners in England.
Natural England’s strategic licence trial for work that affects water voles in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Thurrock or Southend-on-Sea is now closed.
How your personal information is used when you report dead wild birds.
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.
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
This guidance is intended to support individuals interested in conducting a field trial, including the application submission process.
Register for a licence to modify or remove Eurasian beaver dams or damaged burrows outside their breeding season.
You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected wild plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Get a general licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds' nests between 1 September and 31 January.
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.
Environment Agency regulatory position on disposing of trees or plants affected by disease or pests by burning: RPS 71.
How to check if an ivory item you're buying or hiring has been registered or certified as exempt, and what you need to do as a new owner.
How to apply for a licence to release Eurasian beavers into secure enclosures in England.
How to do a responsible species reintroduction or other conservation translocation that involves moving plants, animals or fungi to another location in the wild.
Register for a licence to set up feeding stations for hen harriers in northern England and report your actions.
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