Defra Licence:

[neil68]

Thanks Chris.

[kiriak]

Cheers for the link to the current licence. The DEFRA site has no link that I can find to it.

[Greylag]

Cheers for the link to the current licence. The DEFRA site has no link that I can find to it.

Hello Kiriak,

That's due to the fact that Natural England took over administration/issue of the General Licences.

The information is available on their website at the address below

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/con...g/licences.htm

Regards

[johnny k]

Thought the JAY was now off the licence.........any comments

[Greylag]

Thought the JAY was now off the licence.........any comments

Hello Johnny,

Not as far as I'm aware. Jays are still a legal quarry species but many same as myself tend not to shoot them. They are a member of the Corvid family rooks, crows, jackdaws, magpies etc probably why they're included but I'm not sure. If you look under WML Gen- L05 on the Natural England website it says the following :-

1. The purposes for which this licence is granted are preventing the spread of disease and preventing
serious damage to livestock, foodstuffs for livestock, crops, vegetables, fruit, growing timber, fisheries
or inland waters.

2. Subject to the terms and conditions below, and for the purposes set out in paragraph (1) above, this
licence permits:

(i) any authorised person to kill or take any of the wild birds listed in this subparagraph, to take,
damage or destroy their nests or to take or destroy their eggs:

Greater Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Crow Corvus corone
Dove, Collared Streptopelia decaocto
Gull, Great Black-backed Larus marinus
Gull, Lesser Black-backed Larus fuscus
Gull, Herring Larus argentatus
Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Jay Garrulus glandarius
Magpie Pica pica
Pigeon, Feral Columba livia
Rook Corvus frugilegus
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus

Hope this helps
Regards

[Spanner.]

Which one of them damages growing timber

[Greylag]

Which one of them damages growing timber

Hello JRDS,

I think it's more to do with damaging the fruit trees by eating the buds rather than physically damaging the structure. I suppose them eating the buds would make the tree less prolific in it's growth cycle but as I'm no botanist I can't say.

Hope this helps
Regards

[SandyB]

Hello Kiriak,

That's due to the fact that Natural England took over administration/issue of the General Licences.

The information is available on their website at the address below

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/con...g/licences.htm

Regards

A NEW link for for 2010 is required I think having looked for it again this year. This one will take you directly to the general licences

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/our...llicences.aspx