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  • 13 Dec 2023

    Changes to general licences for the control of wild birds for 2024

    Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has today (Wednesday 13 December 2023) published new general licences for the control of wild birds for the 2024 calendar year.

  • General licences for birds 2024

    All species of wild birds in Wales are protected. General licences permit authorised persons to carry out certain actions affecting wild birds which would otherwise be illegal, without the need to apply for a specific licence.

  • Exempt hunting on land we manage

    It is illegal to hunt wild mammals with dogs in Wales. There are exemptions that allow hunting for certain types of humane control. This is called exempt hunting.

  • 21 Jun 2022

    New general licences for the control of wild birds

    Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has today (21 June) published four new general licences for the control of wild birds, ahead of them coming into force on 1 July 2022.

  • Bird licensing

    All wild birds, their nests and their eggs are protected under Section 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

  • 19 Aug 2021

    Have your say on NRW’s wild bird licences

    Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is inviting people to have their say on the future of licences for wild bird control.

  • Bird specific licences

    All wild birds, their nests and their eggs are protected under Section 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

  • 18 Jan 2021

    Court rules that NRW General Licences are lawful

    The High Court has today (18 Jan) ruled that Natural Resources Wales’ (NRW) General Licences to control wild birds are lawful following a legal challenge by campaigning body Wild Justice

  • The Wild Swimming Code

  • Red and Grey Squirrel Licensing

    The red squirrel is fully protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended). The grey squirrel is not native and it is illegal to release one into the wild. We grant licences for certain purposes so you can work legally.

  • UK Protected Plant Licensing

    The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 gives legal protection to all wild plants. Plants and fungi on Schedule 8 have more protection. Offences include sale, picking, uprooting and destroying. We grant licences for specific purposes.