Animal Plant Health Agency
We are experiencing a high volume of applications. We aim to process your application within 10 working days.
Use this service to register your flock if youre in charge of the day-to-day care of less than 50 birds.
By registering:
- the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) will be able to contact you if theres a disease outbreak (such as bird flu) in your area
- youll help prevent the spread of disease and protect the national poultry flock
Well ask you for:
- your contact details
- details of the owner of the birds (if this is not you)
- the location where you keep the birds
- details of the birds you keep (species, number and what you keep them for)
Registration should take about 5 minutes.
After you have registered
Youll need to tell APHA about any changes to:
- the details youve provided
- the number and species of birds you keep
Email your changes to poultry.registration@apha.gov.uk.
Other ways to register
You can also register by email or post using the form Register to be a keeper of less than 50 poultry or other captive birds (IRA82).
Registering 50 or more birds
Its a legal requirement to register if you are the keeper of 50 or more birds. You must complete the form for Register to be a keeper of 50 or more poultry or other captive birds (IRA81).
Registering a racing pigeon establishment
Registering a racing pigeon establishment is voluntary, unless you want to move pigeons to the EU or Northern Ireland for immediate release for racing back to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).