The number of licences issued under Section 22 of the Wildlife Act 1976 for each of the past five years is set out in the table below. In total, 190 licences have issued since 2020 up to and including 30 September 2024. These licences, referring to Section 22 & 34 of the Act, allow the licence holder to capture protected wild birds with the use of certain traps and snares.
Table 2 sets out the species of bird for which licences were issued during the same time period.
Licences are issued to allow for various activities including removal from work area, predator control, capture for breeding, feather sampling, tagging, accidental or intended capture, GPS tagging, to commence a breeding programme, conservation, protection of ground nesting waders, genetic sampling, collection of barn owl carcases for national road fatality monitoring.
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YEAR
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Species for which licence issued
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2020
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Blackcap, Rock Dove, Chiffchaff, Robin, Northern Gannet, Northern Fulmar, Atlantic Puffin, Manx Shearwater, European Storm Petrel, Parakeet, Wren, Rooks, Jackdaw, Hooded Crow, Crows, Magpies.
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2021
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Sparrowhawk male, Sparrowhawk female, Long eared owl, Merlin, Wren, Rooks, Jackdaw, Hooded Crow, Crows, Magpies, collection of barn owl carcases, Red Grouse, Northern Gannet, Northern Fulmar, Atlantic Puffin, Manx Shearwater, European Storm Petrel, Black Legged Kittiwake, Various Gull Species, Rose-ringed Parakeet.
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2022
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Rooks, Jackdaw, Hooded Crow, Corncrake, Crows, Magpies, Tern, Curlew, Manx Shearwather, Artic tern, Herring Gull, Coal Tit, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Jay, Wren, Pheasant.
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2023
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Rooks, Woodcocks, Jackdaw, Eurasian Magpie, Hooded Crow, Barnacle Geese, Corncrake, Crows, Magpies, Common Cuckoo, Teal, Tern, Curlew, Manx Shearwather, Kestrel, Red Grouse, Artic tern.
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2024 (Up to and including 30 September 2024)
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Storm Petrel, Puffin, Manx Shearwather, Kittiwake, Fulmar, Eurasian Magpie, Hooded Crow, Pheasant, Northern gannet, northern fulmar, Atlantic Puffin, Sanwich Tern, Common tern, Roseate tern, Greylag Goose, Crow, Magpie, Raven, Common Buzzard, Kestel, Sparrowhawk, Long Earned Owl, Barn Owl, Jay, Rave, Blackcap, Rock Dove, Chiffchaff, Jay, Corncrake.
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