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Apply to control wild birds for air safety, conservation, public health and safety or to prevent disease or agricultural damage.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
Apply for a licence to disturb, kill or take protected birds or their eggs for science, education or conservation and find out how to report your actions.
Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, find out if you need to pay and how to report your actions.
Find out how you can control pests on your property - help from professionals, methods you can and cannot use, protecting wildlife, getting a wildlife licence
Apply for a licence to disturb protected species of wild birds for science, education and conservation work and find out how to report your actions.
Apply for a licence to disturb protected species of wild birds for photography and find out how to report your actions.
How to assess a planning application when there are hazel (common) dormice on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater or migratory fish on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
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