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LIST OF OWLS THAT NEED ARTICLE 10,S FOR COMMERCIAL USE IN ENGLAND, |
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A10s FROM DEFRA NOW COST £25 EACH Individuals, Breeders up to 15 A10 will cost £25 for all 15 AS FROM 6th APRIL 2009 If you are a breeder it is cheaper to get semi completed £25 for up to 15 A10s Forms from D.E.F.R.A. Semi complete forms allow you to register up to 15 birds on one request form. These forms are the same as applying for an A10. You must have the parents A10 number or closed ring number or any other accepted individual unique number of the parent birds.
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Taken from Defra Booklet Protecting Endangered Species |
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TO BE GRANTED AN ARTICLE 10 CERTIFICATE THE BIRD MUST NORMALLY BE FITTED WITH A CLOSED RING AND/OR A MICROCHIP WERE IT MUST HAVE A UNIQUE MUMBER FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL BIRD. SOMETIMES A TATTOO WILL DO |
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Aegolius funereus Boreal Owl. (Tengmalms owl) Asio flammeus Short eared Owl. Asio otus Long eared Owl. Athene blewitti Forest Owl Athene Noctua little Owl. Bubo bubo. Erasian eagle Owl. Bubo Bengalensis. Known as Bengal, Indian or rock Eagle Owl Glaucidium Passerinum Eurasian pygmy Owl. Mimizuka gurneyi Lesser eagle Owl/Giant Scops Owl, Ninox Novaeseelandiae undulate Norfolk boobook Ninox Squamipila Natalis Christmas hawk Owl Nyctea Scandiaca Snowy Owl
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Otus ireneae sokoke scops Owl. Otus scops Eurasian scops Owl. Strix Aluco Tawny Owl. Strix Nebulosa, Great Grey Owl. Strix Uralensis. Ural Owl, Surnia ulula Northern Hawk Owl. Tyto alba. Barn Owl. Tyto soumagnei Soumagne’s Owl. |
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This information sheet is intended as an informal guide to the basic legal requirements of the Wildlife and countryside act 1981 and the Cites Regulations in relation to the keeping of Owls in captivity, and their sale. You should seek your own independent legal advice on detailed points of law but we will try to offer advice if you contact us with specific Queries Tel Bird registration, GENERAL POINTS THERE IS NO REQUIREMENTS TO REGISTER OWLS and generally no licence is needed to keep them in Captivity. It is not an offence to be in possession of an owl without a certificate, whether it is ringed/micro chipped or not, providing it can be proved that it is captive-bred and not being used for any commercial gain, or that it is a disabled wild bird. It will be your responsibility to show that the bird is lawfully in captivity You can Give an owl away free to another person, it must be accompanied by a letter stating the fact it has been given as a gift, with your name and address on the letter, However, a certificate known as an ‘Article 10’ will be needed for the commercial use of an Owl if it is listed in Annex A to the EC regulations if you intend to use birds commercially (sale, Keeping for sale, offering for sale, transporting for sale and breeding for commercial purposes, displaying to the public for gain, this definition applies to all specimens listed on Annex A of the Regulations and the term ‘Sale’ includes hire, barter, and exchange, invitation to treat and other cognate expressions. |
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WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981 SCHEDULE 4 |
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Schedule 4 lists all species of birds that are required to be registered with the Secretary of state. These are also Listed on Annex A of EC regulations 338/97 and require an Article 10 certificate for commercial use. THE FOLLOWING BIRDS MUST be registered with the wildlife Licensing and Registration Service and will be issued with a BLUE REGISTRATION DOCUMENT. |
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Blue registration document. And if you are to use these as a commercial bird A10 also required |
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COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Ospray Pandion haliaetus EAGLES Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla HAWKS Goshawk Accipiter gentiles Marsh harrier Circus Aeruginosus Montagu’s harrier Circus Pygargus Honey Buzzard Pernis Apivorus FALCONS Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrines Merlin Falco Culumbarius. |
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All birds listed below are all annex A birds, and Schedule 4..... this means they need an Article 10 for any form of COMMERCIAL USE. .....,Depending on requirement of the bird TAKE NOTE OF THE CONDITIONS IN BOX 20 OF THE A10 So you will see the same bird named in Schedule 4 list and Annex A list..... Coloured in Blue are Schedule 4 birds, this means these ones MUST Be registered with a Blue registration form. |
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The following owls are included in annex A to the EC regulations. All forms of commercial use are prohibited unless an Article 10 Certificate has been issued by bird registration England or another European Cites Management Authority. British A10 subject to use look in box 20 that CHANGES on how the bird was acquired. |
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List of Annex A Birds of prey Annex 1
Scientific name Common name Accipiter brevipes Levant sparrowhawk Accipiter gentilis Goshawk Accipiter nisus Eurasian sparrowhawk Aegolius funereus Boreal owl Aegypius monarchus Cinereous vulture Aquila adalberti Adalbert’s eagle Aquila chrysaetos Golden eagle Aquila clanga Greater-spotted eagle Aquila heliaca Imperial eagle Aquila pomarina Lesser-spotted eagle Asio flammeus Short-eared owl Asio otus Long-eared owl Athene blewitti Forest owlett Athene noctua Little owl Bubo bubo Eurasian eagle owl Buteo buteo Common buzzard Buteo lagopus Rough-legged buzzard Buteo rufinus Long-legged buzzard Chondrohierax unicatus wilsonii Cuban Hook-billed kite Circaetus gallicus Short-toed snake eagle Circus aeruginosus Western marsh harrier Circus cyaneus Northern harrier Circus macrourus Pallid harrier Circus pygargus Montagu’s harrier Elanus caeruleus Black-winged kite Eutriorchis astur Madagascar serpent eagle Falco araea Seychelles kestrel Falco biarmicus Lanner falcon Falco cherrug Saker falcon Falco columbarius Merlin Falco eleonorae Eleonora’s falcon Falco jugger Lagger falconFalco naumanni Lesser kestrel Falco newtoni Newton’s kestrel (in the Seychelles) Falco pelegrinoides Barbary falcon Falco peregrinus Peregrine falcon Falco punctatus Mauritius kestrel Falco rusticolus Gyr falcon Falco subbuteo Eurasian hobby Falco tinnunculus Common kestrel Falco vespertinus Red-footed falcon Glaucidium passerinum Eurasian pygmy owl Gymnogyps californianus Californian condor Gypaetus barbatus Lammergeier Gyps fulvus Eurasian griffon Haliaeetus spp. Sea eagles Haliaeetus albicilla White tailed Eagle |
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Harpia harpyja Harpy eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus Bonnelli’s eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Booted eagle Leucopternis occidentalis Grey-backed hawk Milvus migrans Black kite Milvus milvus Red kite Mimizuku gurneyi Lesser eagle owl Neophron percnopterus Egyptian vulture Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata Norfolk boobook Ninox squamipila natalis Christmas hawk owl Nyctea scandiaca Snowy owl Otus ireneae Sokoke scops owl Otus scops Eurasian scops owl Pandion haliactus Osprey Pernis apivornis European honey buzzard Pithecophaga jefferyi Great Phillipine eagle Strix aluco Tawny owl Strix nebulosa Great grey owl Strix uralensis Ural owl Surnia ulula Northern hawk owl Tyto alba Barn owl Tyto soumagnei Soumagne’s owl Vultur gryphus Andean condor |
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There are some birds now that cannot enter England. ASK! |
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0117 3726098 |
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This is a link straight to DEFRA’s Law on registration & A10s.
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