Defra Licence:

[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

[craggrat]

Never been asked for a license, i have worked on airports, landfill sites, killed many birds with my falcons and hawks. mainly Gull's crows, pigeon,
craggrat

[delta1946]

Never been asked for a license, i have worked on airports, landfill sites, killed many birds with my falcons and hawks. mainly Gull's crows, pigeon,
craggrat

can you kill sea gulls?

[450lewis]

is this like a licence you have to apply for or a code to abide by when hunting?

is it saying that any semiauto used for hunting must have a mag capacity of no more than two rounds? whats all that about?

forgiv my ignorance and any help would be greatly recieved..

lewis

[willy]

Still on the welsh office list.

[SNIPER1]

Thanks for this invaluable link, first I did not realise it ran out I did not realise the authority on this license had changed + would have had difficulty finding it as there is no link on defras website,

Thanks again,

SNIPER1

[chippy]

i see they have removed greater black back gull and herring gull but added parakeets but the lesser black back is still on the list

perhaps these gulls are becoming rare like starlings, well in front of the countryside alliance HQ office window anyway
chippy

[theoldman]

If you are not in England you need to find the correct one for your location.
Be it Wales,Scotland etc.
Not sure about Scotland but you definately need the correct one in Wales.

[Mick G]

I believe it is different in Wales. Was, anyway, a few years ago. I think sparrows and starlings were allowed. Mick.

[baldinio]

the general licence as i understand it is a code to adhere to rather than something you have to apply for, also i think the semi auti issue applies to shotguns held on a shotgun certificate as opposed to a section one firearms certificate, A shotgun held on a shotgun certificate can only have capacity for two rounds in the mag and one round in the breech I think, wheras a shotgun held on a section one may exceed this capacity, as far as I am aware, hope that helps mate

[dirty harry]

it seems your never to old to learn, its the first ive heard of these licences, but will print a copy and add it to my folder of credentrials, cant have too much proof of being a responsible shooter in my opinion, it all helps in aquiring permision, good stuff.