General licences revoked. From Thursday.
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Crosshair243
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Mental!! There is literally no legal way to carry on Larsen trapping or pigeon shooting this weekend. The applications for individual licenses don’t even open until next week!!
Sadly this is not a belated April fool
www.gov.uk
General licences for bird control: major changes to licensing requirements
Natural England announces changes to three general licences for controlling specific wild bird species.
enfieldspares
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I shall be applying as of 25 April...per the website...and I'd urge others to do so too. The more that do so the better. I've already emailed them, as per their address, to ask when and where I'll need to apply for a licence for woodpigeons, crows, magpies and rooks. The e-mail is: wildlife@naturalengland.org.uk
I have written this:
Dear Natural England,
I note that the General Licence is to be imminently revoked and that Natural England are advising individuals to therefore apply for a licence specific to them as individual private persons.
I wish to do so with immediate effect for a Licence for permission to kill woodpigeons and a Licence for permission to kill crows, magpies, rooks and jays.
For the protection of crops (pigeons and rooks) and to protect human health and other species in respect of the crows, magpies and jays.
As I only have intermittent email access can you please send the relevant forms to my home address:
XXX, XXXX XXXX, XXX.
Yours sincerely,
I have written this:
Dear Natural England,
I note that the General Licence is to be imminently revoked and that Natural England are advising individuals to therefore apply for a licence specific to them as individual private persons.
I wish to do so with immediate effect for a Licence for permission to kill woodpigeons and a Licence for permission to kill crows, magpies, rooks and jays.
For the protection of crops (pigeons and rooks) and to protect human health and other species in respect of the crows, magpies and jays.
As I only have intermittent email access can you please send the relevant forms to my home address:
XXX, XXXX XXXX, XXX.
Yours sincerely,
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Its a Contradiction.
One of the three revoked general licenses is GL04, prevention of serious damage to crops, growing timber and animal feeds
To give you an idea of license waiting time. I put in a deer night license application ( fully above board for a enclosed fruit farm with too much day time publicity and night deer activity - very clear cut case) , with Natural England last year. And although they have been in contact, they still have not done a site visit and also not respond to requests for updates. It has now been referred until July i have finally been told...
So best of luck with any application thrown to them now...with what will be a mass hysteria of thousands of applications at once.
The system will melt down and they wont have the staff and applications are going to take months at the least.
So best of luck with any application thrown to them now...with what will be a mass hysteria of thousands of applications at once.
The system will melt down and they wont have the staff and applications are going to take months at the least.
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Orion
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Everyone should do this and email them now.
If basc can't sort this one out then they really will go down the pan. It's time they realised that a large proportion of their members are just ordinary working folk who enjoy a bit of pigeon shooting and pest control.
These are the ones being revoked, if they don't apply to your shooting, you shouldn't be affected.
- General licence GL04: To kill or take certain species of wild birds to prevent serious damage or disease
- General licence GL05: To kill or take certain species of wild birds to preserve public health or public safety
- General licence GL06: To kill or take certain species of wild birds to conserve wild birds or flora or fauna
Those three GL's are the main three used and apply to every type of wild bird shooting there is..... game and wildfowl seasons aside...
The only one not listed there is the one for air traffic control...and I know of nobody that uses that one commonly.
Gl04 being the main one used, as its for crop protection.
Noticed today that there were a lot of pigeons about on a farm where I work. Made a mental note to ask the boss if he'd mind if I have a sit out on Saturday when I normally go home for the middle of the day. Looks like I'll just have to let them eat everything instead, by the time a licence comes through the crops will have been harvested!
devon deer stalker
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So it looks like Packham got his way, this is crazy, decisions made by people who have not got a clue what they talking about.
As for shooting deer at night, you are wasting your time my friend, but they have to deal with your enquiry, and I'm sure someone from the DI will pop around to see you and the ground, and then recommend refusal!
Cheers
Richard
This country really is a sad state of affairs isnt it lol
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