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Apply for a licence to disturb protected species of wild birds for photography and find out how to report your actions.
You may need a wildlife licence to take photographs of wild birds or certain protected animals in Northern Ireland
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
Form for a bird keeper to register chicks bred in captivity and confirm that closed rings or microchips have been fitted.
How your personal information is used when you report dead wild birds.
What counts as a bird gathering, and how to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
The signs of bird flu and how to report it in poultry and other captive birds.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the management of rough grazing for birds option.
Information for clinicians on the characteristics, diagnosis and epidemiology of infections caused by Chlamydia psittaci.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
As part of the next stages for managing English offshore marine protected areas (MPAs), MMO has launched a call for evidence to support the assessment of fishing on harbour porpoise and marine bird MPAs.
The Environment Agency gives notice that it proposes to carry out improvement work to the flood defences on Birds Hill rain gauge, Williton TA4 4HU.
Use these forms and guidance documents to export captive and pet birds like falcons, parrots, macaws, cockatoos, budgies and canaries, excluding poultry, to Croatia.
Use this general licence to rear chicks from the incubated eggs of captive-bred schedule 4 birds for a limited period.
Use these forms and guidance documents to export captive and pet birds like falcons, parrots, macaws, cockatoos, budgies and canaries, excluding poultry, to Cyprus.
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