Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Sections 2, 3, and 22.

SCHEDULE 2E+W+S Birds Which May Be Killed or Taken

Part I E+W+S Outside the Close Season

Common nameScientific name
[F1Capercaillie][F1Tetrao urogallus]
CootFulica atra
Duck, TuftedAythya fuligula
GadwallAnas strepera
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Goose, CanadaBranta canadensis
Goose, GreylagAnser anser
Goose, Pink-footedAnser brachyrhynchus
Goose, White-fronted (in England and Wales only)Anser albifrons
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
PintailAnas acuta
Plover, GoldenPluvialis apricaria
PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerAnas clypeata
Snipe, CommonGallinago gallinago
TealAnas crecca
WigeonAnas penelope
WoodcockScolopax rusticola

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 Pt. 1 words omitted (S.) (4.11.2001) by S.S.I. 2001/337 , reg. 2(4)

Part II E+W+S By Authorised Persons at all Times

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Textual Amendments

F2Words in Sch.2 Pt. II removed (01.01.1993) by S.I. 1992/3010, art.2.

Note. The common name or names given in the first column of this Schedule are included by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name or names shall not be taken into account.