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ByNatural Englanddune_robin_190c50

Apply for a licence to control wild birds for air safety, conservation, public health and safety or to prevent disease or agricultural damage.

Adapted edition

Agricultural biosecurity
Document type
Reference Guide
Format
DOCX
Pages
9
Language
English
Version
1.0
Updated
2026-09-17
Category
Safety & operations
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Description

Apply for a licence to control wild birds for air safety, conservation, public health and safety or to prevent disease or agricultural damage. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.

Contents
  • What you can do under a licence
  • Disturbing Schedule 1 birds
  • Disturbing birds not listed in Schedule 1
  • Consider suitable alternative methods
  • When you can apply for a licence
  • Prevent serious damage
  • Prevent the spread of disease
  • Preserve public health or safety
  • Conserve wild birds, animals, or plants that are of recognised concern
  • Preserve air safety
  • When you cannot apply for a licence
  • Allowing development work to proceed
  • Preventing financial loss or damage
  • Prevent public nuisance or inconvenience caused by birds' behaviour
  • Widespread and infectious avian diseases
  • Using a licence on a protected site
Source and licence
Apply for an individual licence to kill, take or disturb wild birds (A08 or A09)

Natural England

Original source OGL-UK-3.0

AttributionNatural England, ‘Apply for an individual licence to kill, take or disturb wild birds (A08 or A09)’ (updated 3 August 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.

Version history
  • v1.017/09/2026
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