Cormorants & Goosanders
Bird counts:
On area-based applications and licences, the Angling Trust aims to cover the catchment (or part of) with the following:
- Cormorant: Coordinated roosting bird data
- Goosander: Coordinated river counts
The Cormorant Toolbox
Read lots of information about how to protect your fishery from Cormorants in this Intercafe Manual
Cormorant Scaring Log
Download a spreadsheet to log progress and establish which methods work on your fishery.
FMA A5 Leaflet
Find out more about the work of the Fishery Management Advisors by downloading this A5 leaflet
Natural England Fish-Eating Bird Licence Application Forms
- Natural England Licence A06 – Application for a licence to kill or take cormorants causing serious damage to fisheries
- Natural England Area-Based Licence A06a – Application for a licence to kill or take cormorants causing serious damage to a group of fisheries within a defined area or catchment (area-based licence)
- Natural England Area-Based Licence A06b – Management Plan to support an application for an area-based licence
- Natural England Area-Based Licence A06c – Site Appendix to support an application for area-based licence
- Natural England Licence A07 – Application for a licence to kill or take other fish eating birds (e.g. goosanders) causing serious damage to fisheries