Natural England: General licences to control birds

Natural England has confirmed that new general licences to control certain species of wild birds will go live on GOV.UK from next week, commencing 29 April. These will:

• cover the majority of circumstances previously covered by the revoked general licences, GL04, GL05 and GL06
• ensure landowners can continue to take necessary action, whilst also taking into account the needs of wildlife

If action to control wild birds is necessary before then, the relevant application forms for a licence can be found at www.gov.uk/government/publications/wild-birds-licence-to-control-certain-species