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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 licence to catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.
Register for a licence to temporarily mark hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects.
Get a general licence to release native and formerly native wild bird or animal species whose release is normally prohibited.
Use this general licence to keep disabled schedule 4 wild birds for up to 6 weeks to rehabilitate them.
Get a general licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds' nests between 1 September and 31 January.
Find out how to control wild geese populations using egg oiling or by round-up and culling, if you’re permitted to do so under the terms of your licence.
Check if a CITES item that you want to import is listed as having an import suspension due to its trade being considered unsustainable.
Get a licence to capture and transport live Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that are trapped in fisheries to prevent damage.
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.
An overview of beaver activities and the 5-step management approach.
Get a general licence to keep birds in show cages that don't meet size requirements.
How your personal information is used when you report dead wild birds.
Get a general licence to show certain species of captive bred birds in competition.
You may need to complete a restoration plan if you're applying for a licence to burn heather or grass on peat deeper than 30cm in a less favoured area.
Based on the best available evidence MMO have identified bycatch of harbour porpoise in gillnets as a concern that may need to be managed. As such MMO is considering potential management options. It has set out the evidence …
Register for a licence to set up feeding stations for hen harriers in northern England and report your actions.
Guidance on reducing the risks of getting salmonella infections from reptiles.
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.
Find out what you can do to stop deer causing damage to your property.
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