Natural England - Published reports
Published reports
Archive of published reports relating to wildlife management and licensing.
More wildlife research reports can be accessed on the Defra Wildlife and countryside research programme pages.
2005
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981: the monitoring of Brent goose licences [150 kB] 
- Annual review of 2003 - 2004 season, September 2005
Winter Mammal Monitoring Study Report [2.9 MB] - Produced for Defra by the British Trust for Ornithology and The Mammal Society, Report summary [360 kB] , September 2005
Rodent infestations in domestic properties in England, arising from the 2001 English House Condition Survey [160 kB] - Prepared for the European Wildlife Division by Central Science Laboratory, York, July 2005.
Monitoring the behaviour of individual badgers during a sett exclusion excercise [340 kB] , April 2005
The management of problems involving Badgers (Meles meles) [390 kB] , April 2005
2004
An overview of the current status and protection of the Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) in the UK [300 kB] , October 2004
Predicting the effects of removal on the English cormorant population [160 kB] , September 2004
(see also Fish-eating birds)
The effects of varying the number of cormorant licences in the early years of a new strategy , September 2004
Summary of the monitoring of piscivorous bird licences: 2002 - 2003 season [740 kB] , February 2004
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981: licensed shooting of piscivorous birds - Annual review of 2002 - 2003 season, February 2004
A review of methods used within the European Union to control the European Mole, Talpa Europaea , February 2004
Estimating the cost of road traffic accidents caused by deer in England , January 2004
A preliminary estimate of the cost of damage caused by deer to agriculture in England , January 2004
Reports on deer by the Rural Development Service: Current and future deer management options [230 kB] , January 2004
2002
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981: the monitoring of Brent goose licences [150 kB] - Annual review of 2001 - 2002 season, September 2002
Summary of the monitoring of piscivorous bird licences: 2001 - 2002 season [250 kB] , September 2002
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981: licensed shooting of piscivorous birds - Annual review of 2001 - 2002 season, August 2002
1998
The management of problems involving badgers (Meles meles) [1.7 MB] - Protection of badgers Act 1992 licensing cases dealt with on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1992 and 1996, 1998
1995
The evidence for the presence of large exotic cats in the Bodmin area and their possible impact on livestock [980 kB]
Distribution map , 1995