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Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
How to apply for a licence from Natural England to release beavers into the wild in England.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects.
Which chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost and what you need to know before you use them.
When you can bring seal, walrus and sea lion products into Great Britain. How recognised authorities can get approval to export seal products to Great Britain for trade.
As a landowner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on specified special protection areas or within their 500-metre buffer zones.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater pearl mussels on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
How to apply for a licence to cover work that will have a low impact on great crested newts and their habitats.
Why you need a marine wildlife licence if you are going to disturb a protected species, how to apply and how to report an incident.
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.
How landowners and occupiers can assess the threat of ragwort on their land and control it.
Get a general licence to sell captive bred live wild birds.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting forestry operations.
Standing advice for local planning authorities, developers and ecologists for assessing the impacts of wind farms on wild birds.
An overview of beaver activities and the 5-step management approach.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow internal drainage boards to carry out works that could disturb or damage their burrows and report your actions.
Find out what a volunteer bat roost visitor (VBRV) does and how to get trained and licenced to carry out bat roost visits.
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