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Which chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost and what you need to know before you use them.
Get a licence to catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.
Register for licences to cage-trap and mark badgers (Meles meles) for vaccinating them against bovine tuberculosis (TB) to help prevent the spread of disease.
How to apply for a licence to modify or remove dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
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.
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 advice from Natural England on planning proposals that will require a protected species mitigation licence and what charges apply.
Find out what a volunteer bat roost visitor (VBRV) does and how to get trained and licenced to carry out bat roost visits.
Register for a licence to survey bats using harp traps for scientific, research, or educational purposes including informing development projects.
Find out how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
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.
How to get trained to set cage traps for, vaccinate and mark badgers.
Certain vessels must use an acoustic deterrent device, known as a 'pinger', to reduce the level of dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) by-catch.
How to notify the Marine Management Organisation that you are carrying out a seismic or geophysical survey.
How to assess a planning application when there are Eurasian beavers on or near a proposed development site.
How to do a responsible species reintroduction or other conservation translocation that involves moving plants, animals or fungi to another location in the wild.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
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