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From:: Natural England, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Department for International Development, Marine Management Organisation, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Department for Communities and Local Government, Natural Resources Wales, and Welsh Government

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Report an environmental incident
Understand marine wildlife licences and report an incident
Wildlife crime and how to report it
Report a dead or injured animal
Report a stranded whale or dolphin

Birds

Bird licences
Geese: control populations of problem birds under licence
Wild birds: prevent damage to your land, farm, fishery or business
Wild birds: protection and licences
Wild birds: remove them from food premises using nets or traps
Wild birds: surveys and mitigation for development projects

Fish and shellfish

Freshwater and migratory fish licences
Freshwater and migratory fish: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Licence to protect fisheries from fish-eating birds
Permission to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon and sea trout
Prevent fish or shellfish diseases
Return tagged fish and shellfish

Invertebrates

Bumblebees: licence to release non-native species in commercial premises for research
Bumblebees: licence for emergency release of non-native species for pollination and research
Freshwater pearl mussel: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Guidance on habitat for white-clawed crayfish
Invertebrate licences: European protected species
Invertebrates: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Permission to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon and sea trout
Invertebrates: surveys and mitigation for development projects
White-clawed crayfish licences
White-clawed crayfish: surveys and mitigation for development projects

Mammals

Badger licences
Badgers: protection and licences
Badgers: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Bat licences
Bat roosts: use of chemical pest control products and timber treatments in or near them
Bats: protection and licences
Bats: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Deer: how to protect your property from damage
Deer licences
Dormice licences
Hazel dormice: protection and licences
Hazel or common dormice: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Foxes, moles and mink: how to protect your property from damage
Mammals: licence to kill, take or disturb for health and safety
Mink, coypu, muskrat and grey squirrels: apply for a licence to keep them
Otter licences
Otters: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Rabbits: how to control numbers
Red squirrels and pine martens: licence to sell dead specimens
Shrews: licence to trap them
Water vole licences
Water voles: surveys and mitigation for development projects

Reptiles and amphibians

Great crested newt licences
Great crested newts: protection and licences
Great crested newts: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Natterjack toad licences
Natterjack toads: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Reptile licences
Reptiles: surveys and mitigation for development projects

Other wildlife licensing

Class licences for wildlife management
European protected species: apply for a licence to possess them
European protected species: apply for a mitigation licence
General licences for wildlife management
Keeping wild birds or animals
Managing wildlife on your land
Non-native species: apply for a licence to release them
Protected species licences: references for applications
Report your actions under a European protected species licence
Survey, research or conservation licences for protected species
Wildlife licences: when you need to apply

Plants

Application to use herbicides in or near water
Prevent harmful weeds and invasive non-native plants spreading
Plant licences
Plants: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Prevent Japanese knotweed from spreading
Wild plants: sell them legally

Habitat conservation

Cumbria BogLIFE project
Find protected areas of countryside
Hoveton Wetlands restoration project
Humberhead Peatlands restoration LIFE+ project
Improvement programme for England’s Natura 2000 sites (IPENS)
Local nature reserves: setting up and management
Nature Improvement Areas: improved ecological networks
River habitat survey guidance manual
Special Nature Conservation Orders: consent and 'stop notices'
Visit national parks, nature reserves and green spaces

Volunteering

Voluntary bat roost visitor: how to volunteer
Volunteering with Natural England: how to get involved
Volunteering with Natural England: support directory

Other

Biodiversity duty: public authority duty to have regard to conserving biodiversity
Darwin Initiative: funding schemes and how to apply
Enforcement laws: advice on protecting the natural environment in England
Hunting and shooting wildlife
Licence to sell protected plants and animals
Marine species: protection

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