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Standing advice for local planning authorities, developers and ecologists for assessing the impacts of wind farms on wild birds.
Get a general licence to temporarily possess and transport dead bats for testing as part of the passive surveillance for bat rabies project.
Licence to train volunteer bat roost visitors and survey bats for conservation.
Get a general licence to keep birds in show cages that don't meet size requirements.
Environment Agency regulatory position on disposing of trees or plants affected by disease or pests by burning: RPS 71.
How to assess a planning application when there are natterjack toads on or near a proposed development site.
Only farmed salmon and sea trout, and wild fish caught in legal net and trap fisheries, can be legally bought and sold in England.
Get a general licence to kill or take ruddy ducks, or damage or destroy their nests and eggs.
Guidance on reducing the risks of getting salmonella infections from reptiles.
Get a general licence to release native and formerly native wild bird or animal species whose release is normally prohibited.
How to return tagged fish and shellfish, how much you get paid and what information to include.
Get a licence to release non-native bumblebee species in commercial glasshouses or polytunnels for crop pollination when native species are not available.
Register for a licence to set up feeding stations for hen harriers in northern England and report your actions.
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.
Use this general licence to rear chicks from the incubated eggs of captive-bred schedule 4 birds for a limited period.
An overview of beaver activities and the 5-step management approach.
Get a general licence to sell dead wild birds and their parts.
Use this general licence to capture and temporarily possess live bats to test for European bat lyssavirus and kill those with the virus.
How to apply for a licence from Natural England to release beavers into the wild in England.
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