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Guidance on the methods that can be used to help manage wild birds like geese, gulls and pigeons without a licence.
Use this form to report any action taken under a volunteer bat roost visitor licence.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting forestry operations.
Follow the code and guidance if you’re considering a species reintroduction or other conservation translocation. Use the forms to record your project and apply for a conservation translocation licence.
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for research, conservation or development projects.
Register to use a licence to maintain drainage ditches inhabited by little whirlpool ramshorn snails and find out how to report your actions.
Register for a licence to survey white-clawed crayfish for research, conservation or development projects.
How to notify the Marine Management Organisation that you are carrying out a seismic or geophysical survey.
Trappers of certain species of mammal must use traps that meet international humaneness standards.
Register for a licence to temporarily mark hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects.
Get a licence to capture and transport live Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that are trapped in fisheries to prevent damage.
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 survey bats using mist nets and acoustic lures for research, conservation or development projects.
Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.
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.
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.
Find out how the Forestry Commission supports you if you operate in woodland designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of undertaking watercourse or drainage maintenance operations.
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