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How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
Competent authorities must help to protect wild bird habitats on land and at sea, and avoid pollution to protect wild bird populations.
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.
How to dispose of dead wild birds or ask for them to be removed.
How to manage racing pigeons, birds of prey and other captive birds during a bird flu (avian influenza) outbreak.
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.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
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.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
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