Published reports
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2008
Rodent infestations in domestic properties in England, 2003-2004. An interim report arising from the 2003 and 2004 English House Condition Survey data. [PDF] (96 KB) Prepared for Defra by Central Science Laboratory, York. Published: 1 May 2008
Feral Wildboar Action Plan 2008 [PDF] (906 KB)
2005
Winter Mammal Monitoring Study Report
Produced for Defra by the British Trust for Ornithology and The Mammal Society
(2906 KB, 165 pages),
Report summary (358 KB, 8 pages)
Published: September 2005
Rodent infestations in domestic properties in England,
arising from the 2001 English House Condition Survey Prepared for
the European Wildlife Division by Central Science Laboratory, York. (158 KB, 26
pages)
Published: July 2005.
Monitoring the behaviour of individual badgers during a sett
exclusion excercise (340 KB, 23 pages)
Published: April
2005
The management of problems involving Badgers (Meles
meles) (390 KB, 28 pages)
Published: April 2005
Wildboar consultation 2005
- Consultation document [PDF] (518 KB)
- Summary of responses [PDF] (92 KB)
- Implications [PDF] (365 KB)
- Status [PDF] (1.39 MB)
2004
An overview of the current status and protection of the Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) in the UK (296 KB, 30 pages) Published: October 2004
Predicting the
effects of removal on the English cormorant population (159
KB)
Published: September 2004
(see also
www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/vertebrates/piscivorous.htm#cormorants)
The effects of
varying the number of cormorant licences in the early years of a new
strategy (41 KB)
Published: September
2004
Summary of the monitoring
of piscivorous bird licences: 2002 - 2003 season (735 KB)
Published: February 2004
Wildlife and Countryside Act
1981: licensed shooting of piscivorous birds (60 KB)
Annual review of 2002 - 2003 season
Published: February 2004
A review of methods used
within the European Union to control the European Mole, Talpa
Europaea (99 KB)
Published: February 2004
Estimating the cost of
road traffic accidents caused by deer in England (24 KB)
Published: January 2004
A preliminary
estimate of the cost of damage caused by deer to agriculture in England
(28 KB)
Published: January 2004
1998
The management of
problems involving badgers (Meles meles) (1663
KB)
Protection of badgers Act 1992 licensing cases dealt with on
behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1992 and
1996
Published: 1998
Current Status and
Potential Impact of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in the English Countryside:
A Risk Assessment (3378 KB)
Published: 1998
1995
The evidence for the
presence of large exotic cats in the Bodmin area and their possible impact on
livestock (981 KB) Distribution map (67 KB)
Published: 1995
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