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Get a licence to catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.
As an authorised person, use this general licence to keep disabled schedule 4 wild birds for up to 15 days to rehabilitate them.
How your personal information is used when you report dead wild birds.
Get a general licence to sell black-headed gull eggs for human consumption if you're a retailer or restaurateur.
Get a general licence to take mallard duck eggs for incubation and rearing in captivity as long as you release them later in the year.
Get a general licence to sell captive bred live wild birds.
Get a general licence to sell dead wild birds and their parts.
Get a general licence to keep birds in show cages that don't meet size requirements.
Get a general licence to release native and formerly native wild bird or animal species whose release is normally prohibited.
Register for a licence to set up feeding stations for hen harriers in northern England and report your actions.
Get a general licence to kill or take ruddy ducks, or damage or destroy their nests and eggs.
How your personal information is used when you submit a gamebird licence application.
Get a general licence to show certain species of captive bred birds in competition.
Get a general licence to sell and exhibit mealy redpoll that have been bred in captivity. The bird must be ringed with a size C ring.
Use this general licence to rear chicks from the incubated eggs of captive-bred schedule 4 birds for a limited period.
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