Hazel dormice: survey or research – level 1 licence (CL10a)

This licence allows you to survey hazel dormice by hand, including handling them in:

• nests
• nest tubes
• nest boxes

You must release the dormice where they were captured as soon as you’ve examined them.

You need a level 2 licence to mark dormice by clipping their fur.

You must apply for an individual licence or a level 2 licence for survey, research or conservation work not covered by this licence.

For development work affecting hazel dormice, you must apply for a mitigation licence.

Register with Natural England

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What you need to pay

It costs £104 to register for a new CL10a licence.

It costs £35 a year to continue your registration.

You must declare the intended use of the licence on your registration form. This will determine if you need to pay, such as to survey hazel dormice for development projects.

Natural England will refund unsuccessful applications.

When you do not need to pay

You do not need to pay if the licence is used for:

• voluntary purposes – any work you do is unpaid and you are registered with an organisation or charity as a volunteer
• conservation, science or research purposes, and research related to the protected species is carried out by a student or an employee of an academic institution or research body or an environmental non-governmental organisation

How to pay

You can pay using a bank card. Follow the GOV.UK Pay link on the registration form or survey licence return form.

Read the terms and conditions for paying for a wildlife licence.

References

You need to complete a reference to support a survey or research licence form when you register for this licence if you:

• have not held a licence for the species or a similar species for the last 3 years
• have a licence but want to add new methods

Report actionactions taken under this licence

You needmust touse completethe ahazel dormouse survey licence return form to report any actions taken under this licence. Report your actions between 1 and 31 January each year, even if you’ve taken no action or did not find the target species.

You will be asked:

• for your licence details
• whether you did any surveys
• what survey methods you used
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• iftotal younumber followedof besthazel practicedormice captured or disturbed by each licensable method at each survey site
• peak count of hazel dormice seen during a single survey at each site
• details of any dead or injured dormice found

You must also send:

• actions taken under this licence, including surveys where dormouse were not found, to the People’s Trust for Endangered Species
• repeat nest-box monitoring data to the National Dormouse Monitoring Programme
• one-off or incidental records to the National Dormouse Database

Submit a hazel dormouse survey licence return

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