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MANDATORY BIRD REGISTRATION
LICENSING RULES FOR BIRD GATHERINGS CHANGED AGAIN ON 1st FEBRUARY 2025.
As most of you will know it became mandatory for ALL bird keepers to register the premises where their birds are kept with DEFRA/APHA back in October last year.
On February 1st the licence for all bird gatherings was updated to encompass the above legislation. Therefore all sales, auctions and shows where birds are gathered together from multiple locations are now required to record the County Parish Holding (CPH) registration number of everyone bringing birds to a gathering.
THEREFORE FOR ALL FUTURE SALES YOU WILL NEED TO BE REGISTERED AND PROVIDE US WITH YOUR CPH NUMBER BEFORE YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO BRING BIRDS TO SELL.
The new wording of our licence is as follows:
'...𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺.’
REGISTRATION IS FREE, QUICK AND VERY EASY TO DO.
If you have not yet done it you will need to register ASAP to allow you to take your birds to any bird sale or show.
The fastest and best way to register is to phone APHA on 03000 200 301. This way it only takes a few minutes and you should have your CPH number very quickly.
If you're not in a hurry or just wish to know what questions you'll be asked when you do phone them click HERE for the details.
When registering it is worth stating that you need the number urgently as APHA have been so inundated with registrations they have a backlog.
YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO BRING BIRDS TO ANY FUTURE CAMBRIDGE BIRD SALE IF YOU HAVE NOT PROVIDED US WITH YOUR CPH REGISTRATION NUMBER!
Please remember that we cannot be responsible for, or be influenced by how other sale/show/auction organisers deal with this new law.