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How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to survey barn owls to assess the effect of a development project on them.
Register for a licence to modify or remove Eurasian beaver dams or damaged burrows outside their breeding season.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
Get a general licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds' nests between 1 September and 31 January.
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
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.
How to apply for a licence to cover work that will have a low impact on great crested newts and their habitats.
Register for a licence to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish for maintenance work on water bodies and find out how to report your actions.
Get a licence to catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.
Register for a licence to survey bats using harp traps for research, conservation or development projects.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater or migratory fish on or near a proposed development site.
As an authorised person, use this general licence to keep disabled schedule 4 wild birds for up to 15 days to rehabilitate them.
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
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.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
How your personal information is used when you report dead wild birds.
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