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How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
How to manage game birds during a bird flu (avian influenza) outbreak.
Manage your birds’ housing and welfare when they must be kept inside because of disease outbreaks.
Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.
What counts as a bird gathering, and how to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
Licences for gatherings of poultry or other captive birds.
Competent authorities must help to protect wild bird habitats on land and at sea, and avoid pollution to protect wild bird populations.
New registration requirements for bird keepers in Great Britain - all bird keepers must register their birds and update records annually.
How to dispose of dead wild birds or ask for them to be removed.
Licences for activities affecting birds.
How to deal with wild birds causing a health or safety issue, or a problem on your farm or fishery and when you need a licence.
Form for a bird keeper to register the commercial use of a Schedule 4 listed bird with an Article 10 certificate application.
What you must do to avoid harming birds and when you’ll need a licence.
Form for a bird keeper to apply for a licence to keep a wild disabled bird without a ring.
How and when you must register as a bird keeper (including for any birds you keep as pets).
Standing advice for local planning authorities, developers and ecologists for assessing the impacts of wind farms on wild birds.
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