Original document : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gamebirds-licence-to-release-common-pheasants-or-red-legged-partridges-on-certain-european-sites-or-within-500m-of-their-boundary-gl43

Change description : 2025-05-02 13:12:00: Updated the licence for 2025. This includes adding a new condition and related advice for biosecurity measures. [Guidance and regulation]

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Statutory guidance

Gamebirds: licence to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on certainspecial Europeanareas sitesof conservation or within 500m of their boundary (GL43)

Owners or occupiers of land, or people authorised by them, can use this general licence to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on certainspecial Europeanareas sitesof orconservation and within their 500m buffer zones.

Update history

2025-05-02 13:12
Updated the licence for 2025. This includes adding a new condition and related advice for biosecurity measures.

2024-05-14 16:56
Updated the information on when you can use this licence. The licence is now valid until 1 February 2025.

2023-12-12 12:15
Updated the text around registering birds and added new link to online service for registering less that 50 birds.

2023-05-31 17:31
First published.