TGS


01 January 2016

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 2)
seen at 23:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets

You can ...

Form: Birds: licence to kill or take them for air safety purposes
seen at 23:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence lets you catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.

You can only get this ...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 3)
seen at 23:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets mist nets ...
Form: Hen harriers: licence to feed them on grouse moors
seen at 23:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows landowners and their representatives to establish and maintain feeding stations near to hen harrier nests, for the purpose...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 4)
seen at 23:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets acoustic lures...
Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for forestry purposes
seen at 23:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts while conducting forestry operations. The operations covered by this licence are:

Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for drainage purposes
seen at 23:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting watercourse or drainage maintenance operations. The...

Form: Barn owls: licence to survey them to guide future development work
seen at 23:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb nesting barn owls by observation when carrying out surveys to provide information for development proposals...

Form: Bumblebees: licence to release them for pollination and research
seen at 23:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you own, manage or assist in a commercial horticultural business or research establishment, you can register to release non-native bumblebee...

Form: Bats: licence to take and possess live bats for rabies testing
seen at 23:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, you need a licence to capture, possess or transport live bats for the purpose of testing for European bat lyssavirus...

Form: Shrews: licence to trap them
seen at 23:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to trap and mark shrews for scientific or educational purposes. You need to have experience and knowledge of trapping...

Form: Bats: licence to transport and possess dead bats for rabies testing
seen at 23:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence to possess and transport any species of dead bat to send for testing under the passive surveillance scheme for bat rabies...

Form: White-clawed crayfish: licence to catch them to carry out maintenance
seen at 23:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

This licence allows you to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish (also called Atlantic stream crayfish) between 1 July and 30 September when work is being carried out to maintain waterbodies such as rivers...

Form: Wild birds: licence for vets to rehabilitate them
seen at 23:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

As a veterinary surgeon or practitioner you can use this general licence for these wild birds:

honey buzzards golden eagles ...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill for conservation purposes
seen at 23:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to keep them for rehabilitation
seen at 23:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, this general licence lets you keep these birds for up to 15 days without registering:

honey buzzards golden...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill to prevent damage or disease
seen at 23:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: general licence to take or kill for health or safety purposes
seen at 23:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs
seen at 23:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds’ nests.

You can only use this licence if you’re the ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to incubate and rear their eggs and chicks
seen at 23:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you incubate eggs and raise hatchlings of:

honey buzzards golden eagles white-tailed eagles peregrine falcons...
Form: Wild birds and animals: licence to possess samples
seen at 23:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence lets you hold biological samples (including blood, DNA and other tissue) from birds and wild animals taken as part of an investigation...

Form: Wild birds: licence to show captive bred birds competitively
seen at 23:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you publicly exhibit and competitively show certain wild birds that have been lawfully bred in captivity. A bird is considered...

Form: Mealy redpoll: licence to sell and exhibit ringed mealy redpoll
seen at 23:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence is for the sale, public exhibition and competitive showing of captive-bred mealy redpoll (Carduelis flammea flammea). ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell captive bred live wild birds
seen at 23:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you sell captive bred live wild birds.

Any bird sold under this licence must have been bred in captivity...

Form: Mallard ducks: licence to take eggs and rear and release chicks
seen at 23:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you take mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) eggs for incubation, rearing in captivity and releasing later in the...

Form: Ruddy ducks: licence to kill or take them
seen at 23:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence allows authorised people to kill or take ruddy ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis) for conservation purposes. It also allows ...

Form: Red squirrels and pine martens: licence to sell dead specimens
seen at 23:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

With this general licence you can sell and advertise that you are selling dead:

red squirrels pine martens

You must provide...

Form: Wild birds: licence to release schedule 9 species
seen at 23:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

It’s an offence to release certain birds under schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act. However with this general licence you...

Form: Birds: licence to keep them in show cages for training
seen at 23:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you keep birds in cages that don’t meet legal minimum size requirements, as long as you’re training the birds for competitive...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell dead wild birds
seen at 23:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You can sell and advertise that you’re selling dead wild birds and their parts with this licence. This licence does not permit you to sell...

Form: Water voles: licence to displace them for development projects
seen at 23:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

You now need a licence to undertake ‘displacement’ of water voles

This licence allows you to destroy or obstruct water vole burrows and to disturb water voles by ‘displacement’. This includes:

...
Form: Protected animals: licence for taxidermists to own dead animals
seen at 23:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence if you plan to transport specimens of dead protected species (listed under annex 4 of the Habitats Directive) for...

Form: Black headed gulls: licence for retailers and restaurateurs to sell eggs
seen at 23:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you sell the eggs of black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) if you’re a retailer or restaurateur.

You must ensure...

Guidance: UK visa requirements: list for carriers
seen at 23:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated document.

This information is to help carriers check their passengers’ travel documents. It lists the countries and territories of citizens who need a visa for the UK.

Guidance: Patent Cooperation Treaty for private applicants
seen at 23:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: PCT Fee changes take effect 1 January 2016.

The PCT system allows applicants seeking patent protection, in a number of countries, to file a single international application in English with the ...

Guidance: Common practice on the general indications of the Nice classification headings
seen at 23:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

The European Trade Mark and Design Network is an initiative to reduce the differences in practices between the national offices and also the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. The network provides...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 2)
seen at 22:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets

You can ...

Form: Birds: licence to kill or take them for air safety purposes
seen at 22:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence lets you catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.

You can only get this ...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 3)
seen at 22:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets mist nets ...
Form: Hen harriers: licence to feed them on grouse moors
seen at 22:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows landowners and their representatives to establish and maintain feeding stations near to hen harrier nests, for the purpose...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 4)
seen at 22:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets acoustic lures...
Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for forestry purposes
seen at 22:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts while conducting forestry operations. The operations covered by this licence are:

Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for drainage purposes
seen at 22:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting watercourse or drainage maintenance operations. The...

Form: Barn owls: licence to survey them to guide future development work
seen at 22:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb nesting barn owls by observation when carrying out surveys to provide information for development proposals...

Form: Bumblebees: licence to release them for pollination and research
seen at 22:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you own, manage or assist in a commercial horticultural business or research establishment, you can register to release non-native bumblebee...

Form: Bats: licence to take and possess live bats for rabies testing
seen at 22:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, you need a licence to capture, possess or transport live bats for the purpose of testing for European bat lyssavirus...

Form: Shrews: licence to trap them
seen at 22:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to trap and mark shrews for scientific or educational purposes. You need to have experience and knowledge of trapping...

Form: Bats: licence to transport and possess dead bats for rabies testing
seen at 22:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence to possess and transport any species of dead bat to send for testing under the passive surveillance scheme for bat rabies...

Form: White-clawed crayfish: licence to catch them to carry out maintenance
seen at 22:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

This licence allows you to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish (also called Atlantic stream crayfish) between 1 July and 30 September when work is being carried out to maintain waterbodies such as rivers...

Form: Wild birds: licence for vets to rehabilitate them
seen at 22:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

As a veterinary surgeon or practitioner you can use this general licence for these wild birds:

honey buzzards golden eagles ...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill for conservation purposes
seen at 22:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to keep them for rehabilitation
seen at 22:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, this general licence lets you keep these birds for up to 15 days without registering:

honey buzzards golden...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill to prevent damage or disease
seen at 22:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: general licence to take or kill for health or safety purposes
seen at 22:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs
seen at 22:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds’ nests.

You can only use this licence if you’re the ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to incubate and rear their eggs and chicks
seen at 22:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you incubate eggs and raise hatchlings of:

honey buzzards golden eagles white-tailed eagles peregrine falcons...
Form: Wild birds and animals: licence to possess samples
seen at 22:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence lets you hold biological samples (including blood, DNA and other tissue) from birds and wild animals taken as part of an investigation...

Form: Wild birds: licence to show captive bred birds competitively
seen at 22:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you publicly exhibit and competitively show certain wild birds that have been lawfully bred in captivity. A bird is considered...

Form: Mealy redpoll: licence to sell and exhibit ringed mealy redpoll
seen at 22:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence is for the sale, public exhibition and competitive showing of captive-bred mealy redpoll (Carduelis flammea flammea). ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell captive bred live wild birds
seen at 22:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you sell captive bred live wild birds.

Any bird sold under this licence must have been bred in captivity...

Form: Mallard ducks: licence to take eggs and rear and release chicks
seen at 22:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you take mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) eggs for incubation, rearing in captivity and releasing later in the...

Form: Ruddy ducks: licence to kill or take them
seen at 22:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence allows authorised people to kill or take ruddy ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis) for conservation purposes. It also allows ...

Form: Red squirrels and pine martens: licence to sell dead specimens
seen at 22:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

With this general licence you can sell and advertise that you are selling dead:

red squirrels pine martens

You must provide...

Form: Wild birds: licence to release schedule 9 species
seen at 22:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

It’s an offence to release certain birds under schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act. However with this general licence you...

Form: Birds: licence to keep them in show cages for training
seen at 22:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you keep birds in cages that don’t meet legal minimum size requirements, as long as you’re training the birds for competitive...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell dead wild birds
seen at 22:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You can sell and advertise that you’re selling dead wild birds and their parts with this licence. This licence does not permit you to sell...

Form: Water voles: licence to displace them for development projects
seen at 22:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

You now need a licence to undertake ‘displacement’ of water voles

This licence allows you to destroy or obstruct water vole burrows and to disturb water voles by ‘displacement’. This includes:

...
Form: Protected animals: licence for taxidermists to own dead animals
seen at 22:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence if you plan to transport specimens of dead protected species (listed under annex 4 of the Habitats Directive) for...

Form: Black headed gulls: licence for retailers and restaurateurs to sell eggs
seen at 22:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you sell the eggs of black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) if you’re a retailer or restaurateur.

You must ensure...

Guidance: UK visa requirements: list for carriers
seen at 22:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated document.

This information is to help carriers check their passengers’ travel documents. It lists the countries and territories of citizens who need a visa for the UK.

Guidance: Patent Cooperation Treaty for private applicants
seen at 22:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: PCT Fee changes take effect 1 January 2016.

The PCT system allows applicants seeking patent protection, in a number of countries, to file a single international application in English with the ...

Guidance: Common practice on the general indications of the Nice classification headings
seen at 22:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

The European Trade Mark and Design Network is an initiative to reduce the differences in practices between the national offices and also the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. The network provides...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 2)
seen at 21:38, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets

You can ...

Form: Birds: licence to kill or take them for air safety purposes
seen at 21:38, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence lets you catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.

You can only get this ...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 3)
seen at 21:38, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets mist nets ...
Form: Hen harriers: licence to feed them on grouse moors
seen at 21:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows landowners and their representatives to establish and maintain feeding stations near to hen harrier nests, for the purpose...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 4)
seen at 21:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets acoustic lures...
Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for forestry purposes
seen at 21:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts while conducting forestry operations. The operations covered by this licence are:

Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for drainage purposes
seen at 21:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting watercourse or drainage maintenance operations. The...

Form: Barn owls: licence to survey them to guide future development work
seen at 21:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb nesting barn owls by observation when carrying out surveys to provide information for development proposals...

Form: Bumblebees: licence to release them for pollination and research
seen at 21:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you own, manage or assist in a commercial horticultural business or research establishment, you can register to release non-native bumblebee...

Form: Bats: licence to take and possess live bats for rabies testing
seen at 21:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, you need a licence to capture, possess or transport live bats for the purpose of testing for European bat lyssavirus...

Form: Shrews: licence to trap them
seen at 21:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to trap and mark shrews for scientific or educational purposes. You need to have experience and knowledge of trapping...

Form: Bats: licence to transport and possess dead bats for rabies testing
seen at 21:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence to possess and transport any species of dead bat to send for testing under the passive surveillance scheme for bat rabies...

Form: White-clawed crayfish: licence to catch them to carry out maintenance
seen at 21:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

This licence allows you to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish (also called Atlantic stream crayfish) between 1 July and 30 September when work is being carried out to maintain waterbodies such as rivers...

Form: Wild birds: licence for vets to rehabilitate them
seen at 21:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

As a veterinary surgeon or practitioner you can use this general licence for these wild birds:

honey buzzards golden eagles ...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill for conservation purposes
seen at 21:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to keep them for rehabilitation
seen at 21:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, this general licence lets you keep these birds for up to 15 days without registering:

honey buzzards golden...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill to prevent damage or disease
seen at 21:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: general licence to take or kill for health or safety purposes
seen at 21:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs
seen at 21:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds’ nests.

You can only use this licence if you’re the ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to incubate and rear their eggs and chicks
seen at 21:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you incubate eggs and raise hatchlings of:

honey buzzards golden eagles white-tailed eagles peregrine falcons...
Form: Wild birds and animals: licence to possess samples
seen at 21:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence lets you hold biological samples (including blood, DNA and other tissue) from birds and wild animals taken as part of an investigation...

Form: Wild birds: licence to show captive bred birds competitively
seen at 21:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you publicly exhibit and competitively show certain wild birds that have been lawfully bred in captivity. A bird is considered...

Form: Mealy redpoll: licence to sell and exhibit ringed mealy redpoll
seen at 21:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence is for the sale, public exhibition and competitive showing of captive-bred mealy redpoll (Carduelis flammea flammea). ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell captive bred live wild birds
seen at 21:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you sell captive bred live wild birds.

Any bird sold under this licence must have been bred in captivity...

Form: Mallard ducks: licence to take eggs and rear and release chicks
seen at 21:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you take mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) eggs for incubation, rearing in captivity and releasing later in the...

Form: Ruddy ducks: licence to kill or take them
seen at 21:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence allows authorised people to kill or take ruddy ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis) for conservation purposes. It also allows ...

Form: Red squirrels and pine martens: licence to sell dead specimens
seen at 21:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

With this general licence you can sell and advertise that you are selling dead:

red squirrels pine martens

You must provide...

Form: Wild birds: licence to release schedule 9 species
seen at 21:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

It’s an offence to release certain birds under schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act. However with this general licence you...

Form: Birds: licence to keep them in show cages for training
seen at 21:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you keep birds in cages that don’t meet legal minimum size requirements, as long as you’re training the birds for competitive...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell dead wild birds
seen at 21:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You can sell and advertise that you’re selling dead wild birds and their parts with this licence. This licence does not permit you to sell...

Form: Water voles: licence to displace them for development projects
seen at 21:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

You now need a licence to undertake ‘displacement’ of water voles

This licence allows you to destroy or obstruct water vole burrows and to disturb water voles by ‘displacement’. This includes:

...
Form: Protected animals: licence for taxidermists to own dead animals
seen at 21:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence if you plan to transport specimens of dead protected species (listed under annex 4 of the Habitats Directive) for...

Form: Black headed gulls: licence for retailers and restaurateurs to sell eggs
seen at 21:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you sell the eggs of black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) if you’re a retailer or restaurateur.

You must ensure...

Guidance: UK visa requirements: list for carriers
seen at 21:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated document.

This information is to help carriers check their passengers’ travel documents. It lists the countries and territories of citizens who need a visa for the UK.

Guidance: Patent Cooperation Treaty for private applicants
seen at 21:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: PCT Fee changes take effect 1 January 2016.

The PCT system allows applicants seeking patent protection, in a number of countries, to file a single international application in English with the ...

Guidance: Common practice on the general indications of the Nice classification headings
seen at 21:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

The European Trade Mark and Design Network is an initiative to reduce the differences in practices between the national offices and also the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. The network provides...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 2)
seen at 20:40, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets

You can ...

Form: Birds: licence to kill or take them for air safety purposes
seen at 20:40, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence lets you catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.

You can only get this ...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 3)
seen at 20:40, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets mist nets ...
Form: Hen harriers: licence to feed them on grouse moors
seen at 20:39, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows landowners and their representatives to establish and maintain feeding stations near to hen harrier nests, for the purpose...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 4)
seen at 20:39, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets acoustic lures...
Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for forestry purposes
seen at 20:39, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts while conducting forestry operations. The operations covered by this licence are:

Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for drainage purposes
seen at 20:39, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting watercourse or drainage maintenance operations. The...

Form: Barn owls: licence to survey them to guide future development work
seen at 20:38, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb nesting barn owls by observation when carrying out surveys to provide information for development proposals...

Form: Bumblebees: licence to release them for pollination and research
seen at 20:38, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you own, manage or assist in a commercial horticultural business or research establishment, you can register to release non-native bumblebee...

Form: Bats: licence to take and possess live bats for rabies testing
seen at 20:38, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, you need a licence to capture, possess or transport live bats for the purpose of testing for European bat lyssavirus...

Form: Shrews: licence to trap them
seen at 20:38, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to trap and mark shrews for scientific or educational purposes. You need to have experience and knowledge of trapping...

Form: Bats: licence to transport and possess dead bats for rabies testing
seen at 20:38, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence to possess and transport any species of dead bat to send for testing under the passive surveillance scheme for bat rabies...

Form: White-clawed crayfish: licence to catch them to carry out maintenance
seen at 20:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

This licence allows you to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish (also called Atlantic stream crayfish) between 1 July and 30 September when work is being carried out to maintain waterbodies such as rivers...

Form: Wild birds: licence for vets to rehabilitate them
seen at 20:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

As a veterinary surgeon or practitioner you can use this general licence for these wild birds:

honey buzzards golden eagles ...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill for conservation purposes
seen at 20:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to keep them for rehabilitation
seen at 20:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, this general licence lets you keep these birds for up to 15 days without registering:

honey buzzards golden...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill to prevent damage or disease
seen at 20:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: general licence to take or kill for health or safety purposes
seen at 20:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs
seen at 20:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds’ nests.

You can only use this licence if you’re the ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to incubate and rear their eggs and chicks
seen at 20:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you incubate eggs and raise hatchlings of:

honey buzzards golden eagles white-tailed eagles peregrine falcons...
Form: Wild birds and animals: licence to possess samples
seen at 20:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence lets you hold biological samples (including blood, DNA and other tissue) from birds and wild animals taken as part of an investigation...

Form: Wild birds: licence to show captive bred birds competitively
seen at 20:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you publicly exhibit and competitively show certain wild birds that have been lawfully bred in captivity. A bird is considered...

Form: Mealy redpoll: licence to sell and exhibit ringed mealy redpoll
seen at 20:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence is for the sale, public exhibition and competitive showing of captive-bred mealy redpoll (Carduelis flammea flammea). ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell captive bred live wild birds
seen at 20:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you sell captive bred live wild birds.

Any bird sold under this licence must have been bred in captivity...

Form: Mallard ducks: licence to take eggs and rear and release chicks
seen at 20:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you take mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) eggs for incubation, rearing in captivity and releasing later in the...

Form: Ruddy ducks: licence to kill or take them
seen at 20:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence allows authorised people to kill or take ruddy ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis) for conservation purposes. It also allows ...

Form: Red squirrels and pine martens: licence to sell dead specimens
seen at 20:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

With this general licence you can sell and advertise that you are selling dead:

red squirrels pine martens

You must provide...

Form: Wild birds: licence to release schedule 9 species
seen at 20:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

It’s an offence to release certain birds under schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act. However with this general licence you...

Form: Birds: licence to keep them in show cages for training
seen at 20:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you keep birds in cages that don’t meet legal minimum size requirements, as long as you’re training the birds for competitive...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell dead wild birds
seen at 20:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You can sell and advertise that you’re selling dead wild birds and their parts with this licence. This licence does not permit you to sell...

Form: Water voles: licence to displace them for development projects
seen at 20:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

You now need a licence to undertake ‘displacement’ of water voles

This licence allows you to destroy or obstruct water vole burrows and to disturb water voles by ‘displacement’. This includes:

...
Form: Protected animals: licence for taxidermists to own dead animals
seen at 20:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence if you plan to transport specimens of dead protected species (listed under annex 4 of the Habitats Directive) for...

Form: Black headed gulls: licence for retailers and restaurateurs to sell eggs
seen at 20:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you sell the eggs of black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) if you’re a retailer or restaurateur.

You must ensure...

Guidance: UK visa requirements: list for carriers
seen at 20:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated document.

This information is to help carriers check their passengers’ travel documents. It lists the countries and territories of citizens who need a visa for the UK.

Guidance: Patent Cooperation Treaty for private applicants
seen at 20:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: PCT Fee changes take effect 1 January 2016.

The PCT system allows applicants seeking patent protection, in a number of countries, to file a single international application in English with the ...

Guidance: Common practice on the general indications of the Nice classification headings
seen at 20:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

The European Trade Mark and Design Network is an initiative to reduce the differences in practices between the national offices and also the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. The network provides...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 2)
seen at 18:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets

You can ...

Form: Birds: licence to kill or take them for air safety purposes
seen at 18:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence lets you catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.

You can only get this ...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 3)
seen at 18:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets mist nets ...
Form: Hen harriers: licence to feed them on grouse moors
seen at 18:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows landowners and their representatives to establish and maintain feeding stations near to hen harrier nests, for the purpose...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 4)
seen at 18:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets acoustic lures...
Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for forestry purposes
seen at 18:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts while conducting forestry operations. The operations covered by this licence are:

Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for drainage purposes
seen at 18:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting watercourse or drainage maintenance operations. The...

Form: Barn owls: licence to survey them to guide future development work
seen at 18:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb nesting barn owls by observation when carrying out surveys to provide information for development proposals...

Form: Bumblebees: licence to release them for pollination and research
seen at 18:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you own, manage or assist in a commercial horticultural business or research establishment, you can register to release non-native bumblebee...

Form: Bats: licence to take and possess live bats for rabies testing
seen at 18:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, you need a licence to capture, possess or transport live bats for the purpose of testing for European bat lyssavirus...

Form: Shrews: licence to trap them
seen at 18:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to trap and mark shrews for scientific or educational purposes. You need to have experience and knowledge of trapping...

Form: Bats: licence to transport and possess dead bats for rabies testing
seen at 18:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence to possess and transport any species of dead bat to send for testing under the passive surveillance scheme for bat rabies...

Form: White-clawed crayfish: licence to catch them to carry out maintenance
seen at 18:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

This licence allows you to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish (also called Atlantic stream crayfish) between 1 July and 30 September when work is being carried out to maintain waterbodies such as rivers...

Form: Wild birds: licence for vets to rehabilitate them
seen at 18:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

As a veterinary surgeon or practitioner you can use this general licence for these wild birds:

honey buzzards golden eagles ...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill for conservation purposes
seen at 18:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to keep them for rehabilitation
seen at 18:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, this general licence lets you keep these birds for up to 15 days without registering:

honey buzzards golden...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill to prevent damage or disease
seen at 18:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: general licence to take or kill for health or safety purposes
seen at 18:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs
seen at 18:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds’ nests.

You can only use this licence if you’re the ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to incubate and rear their eggs and chicks
seen at 18:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you incubate eggs and raise hatchlings of:

honey buzzards golden eagles white-tailed eagles peregrine falcons...
Form: Wild birds and animals: licence to possess samples
seen at 18:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence lets you hold biological samples (including blood, DNA and other tissue) from birds and wild animals taken as part of an investigation...

Form: Wild birds: licence to show captive bred birds competitively
seen at 18:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you publicly exhibit and competitively show certain wild birds that have been lawfully bred in captivity. A bird is considered...

Form: Mealy redpoll: licence to sell and exhibit ringed mealy redpoll
seen at 18:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence is for the sale, public exhibition and competitive showing of captive-bred mealy redpoll (Carduelis flammea flammea). ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell captive bred live wild birds
seen at 18:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you sell captive bred live wild birds.

Any bird sold under this licence must have been bred in captivity...

Form: Mallard ducks: licence to take eggs and rear and release chicks
seen at 18:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence lets you take mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) eggs for incubation, rearing in captivity and releasing later in the...

Form: Ruddy ducks: licence to kill or take them
seen at 18:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This general licence allows authorised people to kill or take ruddy ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis) for conservation purposes. It also allows ...

Form: Red squirrels and pine martens: licence to sell dead specimens
seen at 18:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

With this general licence you can sell and advertise that you are selling dead:

red squirrels pine martens

You must provide...

Form: Wild birds: licence to release schedule 9 species
seen at 18:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

It’s an offence to release certain birds under schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act. However with this general licence you...

Form: Birds: licence to keep them in show cages for training
seen at 18:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you keep birds in cages that don’t meet legal minimum size requirements, as long as you’re training the birds for competitive...

Form: Wild birds: licence to sell dead wild birds
seen at 18:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You can sell and advertise that you’re selling dead wild birds and their parts with this licence. This licence does not permit you to sell...

Form: Water voles: licence to displace them for development projects
seen at 18:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

You now need a licence to undertake ‘displacement’ of water voles

This licence allows you to destroy or obstruct water vole burrows and to disturb water voles by ‘displacement’. This includes:

...
Form: Protected animals: licence for taxidermists to own dead animals
seen at 18:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence if you plan to transport specimens of dead protected species (listed under annex 4 of the Habitats Directive) for...

Form: Black headed gulls: licence for retailers and restaurateurs to sell eggs
seen at 18:32, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you sell the eggs of black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) if you’re a retailer or restaurateur.

You must ensure...

Guidance: UK visa requirements: list for carriers
seen at 18:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated document.

This information is to help carriers check their passengers’ travel documents. It lists the countries and territories of citizens who need a visa for the UK.

Guidance: Patent Cooperation Treaty for private applicants
seen at 18:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: PCT Fee changes take effect 1 January 2016.

The PCT system allows applicants seeking patent protection, in a number of countries, to file a single international application in English with the ...

Guidance: Common practice on the general indications of the Nice classification headings
seen at 18:31, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

The European Trade Mark and Design Network is an initiative to reduce the differences in practices between the national offices and also the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. The network provides...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 2)
seen at 16:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets

You can ...

Form: Birds: licence to kill or take them for air safety purposes
seen at 16:37, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence lets you catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.

You can only get this ...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 3)
seen at 16:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets mist nets ...
Form: Hen harriers: licence to feed them on grouse moors
seen at 16:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows landowners and their representatives to establish and maintain feeding stations near to hen harrier nests, for the purpose...

Form: Bats: survey or research licence (level 4)
seen at 16:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb or capture bats using:

torches endoscopes hand nets static hand-held nets acoustic lures...
Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for forestry purposes
seen at 16:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts while conducting forestry operations. The operations covered by this licence are:

Form: Badgers: licence to interfere with setts for drainage purposes
seen at 16:36, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting watercourse or drainage maintenance operations. The...

Form: Barn owls: licence to survey them to guide future development work
seen at 16:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to disturb nesting barn owls by observation when carrying out surveys to provide information for development proposals...

Form: Bumblebees: licence to release them for pollination and research
seen at 16:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you own, manage or assist in a commercial horticultural business or research establishment, you can register to release non-native bumblebee...

Form: Bats: licence to take and possess live bats for rabies testing
seen at 16:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, you need a licence to capture, possess or transport live bats for the purpose of testing for European bat lyssavirus...

Form: Shrews: licence to trap them
seen at 16:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

This licence allows you to trap and mark shrews for scientific or educational purposes. You need to have experience and knowledge of trapping...

Form: Bats: licence to transport and possess dead bats for rabies testing
seen at 16:35, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

You need a licence to possess and transport any species of dead bat to send for testing under the passive surveillance scheme for bat rabies...

Form: White-clawed crayfish: licence to catch them to carry out maintenance
seen at 16:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

This licence allows you to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish (also called Atlantic stream crayfish) between 1 July and 30 September when work is being carried out to maintain waterbodies such as rivers...

Form: Wild birds: licence for vets to rehabilitate them
seen at 16:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

As a veterinary surgeon or practitioner you can use this general licence for these wild birds:

honey buzzards golden eagles ...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill for conservation purposes
seen at 16:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016.

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to keep them for rehabilitation
seen at 16:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

As an authorised person, this general licence lets you keep these birds for up to 15 days without registering:

honey buzzards golden...
Form: Wild birds: licence to take or kill to prevent damage or disease
seen at 16:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: general licence to take or kill for health or safety purposes
seen at 16:34, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

If you’re a land owner, occupier or other authorised person you can use this general licence to carry out a range of otherwise prohibited...

Form: Wild birds: licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs
seen at 16:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds’ nests.

You can only use this licence if you’re the ...

Form: Wild birds: licence to incubate and rear their eggs and chicks
seen at 16:33, 1 January in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Replaced licence with new version issued 1 January 2016

This licence lets you incubate eggs and raise hatchlings of:

honey buzzards golden eagles white-tailed eagles peregrine falcons...