Bird licence applications: count fish-eating birds on a coarse or trout fishery
You must give us a count of birds on the fishery when you apply for a licence to control fish-eating birds to prevent serious damage.
Recording the count
You must count birds between October and February and record the following details.
- Date of count
- Count start time
- Species of bird (enter '0' if none observed)
- Numbers of each species
- What each species were doing (flying, feeding or roosting)
We will ask you to enter this information into your application form.
Coarse or trout fisheries under 10 hectares
- Include details of a minimum of ten still water site visits, dated at least three days apart.
- Make several visits to the same site on different days, at different times of day.
Coarse or trout fisheries over 10 hectares
- Include details of at least one visit to the fishery.
Coarse or trout fisheries on river sections
- Include details of at least one visit to the river. Carrying out more than one count provides us with better data.
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