Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Sections 2, 3, and 22.

SCHEDULE 2E+W+S Birds which may be Killed or Taken

Part IE+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
[F2Grouse, BlackTetrao tetrix]
[F2Grouse, RedLagopus lagopus scoticus]
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
[F3Partridge, GreyPerdix perdix]
[F3Partridge, Red-leggedAlectoris rufa]
[F4Pheasant, CommonPhasianus colchicus]
PintailAnas acuta
Plover, GoldenPluvialis apricaria
PochardAythya ferina
[F4PtarmiganLagopus mutus]
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)

[F5Part IASException: birds included in Part I which may not be killed or taken on Sundays or Christmas Day

Textual Amendments

Common nameScientific name
CootFulica atra
Duck, TuftedAythya fuligula
GadwallAnas strepera
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Goose, CanadaBranta canadensis
Goose, GreylagAnser anser
Goose, Pink-footedAnser brachyrhynchus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
PintailAnas acuta
Plover, GoldenPluvialis apricaria
PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerAnas clypeata
Snipe, CommonGallinago gallinago
TealAnas crecca
WigeonAnas penelope
WoodcockScolopax rusticola]

Part IIE+W+S By Authorised Persons at all Times

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Textual Amendments

F6 Words 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.