General Licences for birds 2025

Nature Scot have just published our General Licences for 2025 here>>>
These will be valid from 1st January 2025.
 
The only change to these General licences, is the inclusion of the conditional use of illumination or any device for night shooting for the control of Feral Pigeon (Columba livia) for General Licence 02 and 03. This change is made due to an omission from General licences in 2024. Otherwise, these General Licences are the same as those we issued from 1st January 2024. NatureScot are currently undertaking a review of species licensing (Terms of Reference) , but this does not include a specific review of general licences. Further to the Species Licensing Review and consideration of any recommendations coming from this we will outline a timeframe for any further Review of General Licences.