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Get a general licence to keep birds in show cages that don't meet size requirements.
How to monitor beaver populations and share data.
Get a general licence to sell captive bred live wild birds.
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.
Licence to survey bats for conservation purposes.
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.
How your personal information is used when you report dead wild birds.
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
Register for a licence to survey bats using harp traps for scientific, research, or educational purposes including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
How Defra will use your personal information when you submit a nomination for a Bees' Needs Champion Award.
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.
Find out what you can do to stop deer causing damage to your property.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
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.
Information for landowners about how Natural England investigates reports of death or injury to wildlife or pets where pesticides may be involved.
Who is eligible for Darwin Plus project and fellowship funding, and how to apply.
Products and chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost if bats are not present.
How the Animal and Plant Health Agency and other enforcement bodies can use enforcement and sanctioning powers to secure compliance with illegal ivory dealing.
Get a general licence to sell dead wild red squirrels and pine martens.
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