Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Sections 7 and 22.

SCHEDULE 4E+W+S Birds Which Must Be Registered and Ringed if Kept in Captivity

Common nameScientific name
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[F2Bunting, Cirl][F2Emberiza cirlus]
[F2Bunting, Lapland][F2Calcarius lapponicus]
[F2Bunting, Snow][F2Plectrophenax nivalis]
[F2Chough][F2Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax]
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[F2Crossbills (all species)][F2Loxia]
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[F3Falcons (all species)][F3Falconidae]
[F2Fieldfare][F2Turdus pilaris]
[F2Firecrest][F2Regulus ignicapillus]
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[F3Hawks, True (except Old world vultures) that is to say, Buzzards, Eagles, Harriers, Hawks and Kites (all species in each case)][F3Accipitridae (except the genera Aegypius, Gypaetus, Gypohierax, Gyps, Neophron, Sarcogyps and Trigonoceps)]
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[F2Oriole, Golden][F2Oriolus oriolus]
OspreyPandion haliaetus
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[F2Redstart, Black][F2Phoenicurus ochruros]
[F2Redwing][F2Turdus iliacus]
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[F2Serin][F2Serinus serinus]
[F2Shorelark][F2Eremophila alpestris]
[F2Shrike, Red-backed][F2Lanius collurio]
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[F2Tit, Bearded][F2Panurus biarmicus]
[F2Tit, Crested][F2Parus cristatus]
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[F2Warbler, Cetti’s][F2Cettia cetti]
[F2Warbler, Dartford][F2Sylvia undata]
[F2Warbler, Marsh][F2Acrocephalus palustris]
[F2Warbler, Savi’s][F2Locustella Liscinioides]
F1. . .F1. . .
[F2Woodlark][F2Lullula arborea]
[F2Wryneck][F2Jynx torquilla]
[F4[F5Any bird one of whose parents or other lineal ancestor was a bird of a kind specified in the foregoing provisions of this Schedule.]]

Textual Amendments

F1Entries in Sch. 4 removed (24.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1151, art. 2

F3Sch. 4: entries removed (24.5.1994) subject to specified exceptions by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1151), art. 2; and further specified entries (except the entries for Falcon, Peregrine (Falco peregrinus) and Merlin (Falco columbarius) under the heading "Falcons (all species)" and except the entries for Buzzard, Honey (Pernis apivorus), Eagle, Golden (Aquila chrysaetos), Eagle, White-tailed (Haliaeetus albicilla), Goshawk (Accipter gentilis), Harrier, Marsh (Circus aeruginosus) and Harrier, Montagu's (Circus pygargus) under the heading "Hawks, True") omitted (E.) (1.10.2008) by virtue of The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) (England) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2356), arts. 2, 3(1)(2); and those same specified entries omitted (W.) (23.4.2009) by virtue of The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) (Wales) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/780), art. 2(2)

F5Words in Sch. 4 inserted (24.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1151, art. 3

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.