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Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

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SCHEDULE 1 Birds which are Protected by Special Penalties

Sections 1, 2, 4, 6, 19 and 22. Part I At All Times Common name | Scientific name Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta Bee-eater | Merops apiaster Bittern | Botaurus stellaris Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla Bunting, Cirl | Emberiza cirlus Bunting, Lapland | Calcarius lapponicus Bunting, Snow | Plectrophenax nivalis Buzzard, Honey | Pernis apivorus Capercaillie | Tetracurogallus Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Corncrake | Crex crex Crake, Spotted | Porzana porzana Crossbills (all species) | Loxia Curlew, Stone | Burhinus oedicnemus Divers (all species) | Gavia Dotterel | Charadrius morinellus Duck, Long-tailed | Clangula hyemalis Eagle, Golden | Aquila chrysaetos Eagle, White-tailed | Haliaetus albicilla Falcon, Gyr | Falco rusticolus Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris Firecrest | Regulus ignicapillus Garganey | Anas querquedula Godwit, Black-tailed | Limosa limosa Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis Grebe, Slavonian | Podiceps auritus Greenshank | Tringa nebularia Gull, Little | Larus minutus Gull, Mediterranean | Larus melanocephalus Harriers (all species) | Circus Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea Hobby | Falco subbuteo Hoopoe | Upupa epops Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis Kite, Red | Milvus milvus Merlin | Falco columbarius Oriole, Golden | Oriolus oriolus Osprey | Pandion haliaetus Owl, Barn | Tyto alba Owl, Snowy | Nyctea scandiaca Peregrine | Falco peregrinus Petrel, Leach’s | Oceanodroma leucorhoa Phalarope, Red-necked | Phalaropus lobatus Plover, Kentish | Charadrius alexandrinus Plover, Little Ringed | Charadrius dubius Quail, Common | Coturnix coturnix Redstart, Black | Phoenicurus ochruros Redwing | Turdus iliacus Rosefinch, Scarlet | Carpodacus erythrinus Ruff | Philomachus pugnax Sandpiper, Green | Tringa ochropus Sandpiper, Purple | Calidris maritima Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola Scaup | Aythya marila Scoter, Common | Melanitta nigra Scoter, Velvet | Melanitta fusca Serin | Serinus serinus Shorelark | Eremophila alpestris Shrike, Red-backed | Lanius collurio Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus Stint, Temminck’s | Calidris temminckii Swan, Bewick’s | Cygnus bewickii Swan, Whooper | Cygnus cygnus Tern, Black | Chlidonias niger Tern, Little | Sterna albifrons Tern, Roseate | Sterna dougallii Tit, Bearded | Panurus biarmicus Tit, Crested | Parus cristatus Treecreeper, Short-toed | Certhia brachydactyla Warbler, Cetti’s | Cettia cetti Warbler, Dartford | Sylvia undata Warbler, Marsh | Acrocephalus palustris Warbler, Savi’s | Locustella luscinioides Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus Woodlark | Lullula arborea Wryneck | Jynx torquilla Part II During the Close Season Common name | Scientific name Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula Goose, Greylag (in Outer Hebrides, Caithness, Sutherland and Wester Ross only) | Anser anser Pintail | Anas acuta 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 comon name or names shall not be taken into account.

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SCHEDULE 1 Birds which are Protected by Special Penalties

Sections 1, 2, 4, 6, 19 and 22. Part I At All Times Common name | Scientific name Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta Bee-eater | Merops apiaster Bittern | Botaurus stellaris Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla Bunting, Cirl | Emberiza cirlus Bunting, Lapland | Calcarius lapponicus Bunting, Snow | Plectrophenax nivalis Buzzard, Honey | Pernis apivorus Capercaillie | Tetracurogallus Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Corncrake | Crex crex Crake, Spotted | Porzana porzana Crossbills (all species) | Loxia Curlew, Stone | Burhinus oedicnemus Divers (all species) | Gavia Dotterel | Charadrius morinellus Duck, Long-tailed | Clangula hyemalis Eagle, Golden | Aquila chrysaetos Eagle, White-tailed | Haliaetus albicilla Falcon, Gyr | Falco rusticolus Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris Firecrest | Regulus ignicapillus Garganey | Anas querquedula Godwit, Black-tailed | Limosa limosa Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis Grebe, Slavonian | Podiceps auritus Greenshank | Tringa nebularia Gull, Little | Larus minutus Gull, Mediterranean | Larus melanocephalus Harriers (all species) | Circus Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea Hobby | Falco subbuteo Hoopoe | Upupa epops Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis Kite, Red | Milvus milvus Merlin | Falco columbarius Oriole, Golden | Oriolus oriolus Osprey | Pandion haliaetus Owl, Barn | Tyto alba Owl, Snowy | Nyctea scandiaca Peregrine | Falco peregrinus Petrel, Leach’s | Oceanodroma leucorhoa Phalarope, Red-necked | Phalaropus lobatus Plover, Kentish | Charadrius alexandrinus Plover, Little Ringed | Charadrius dubius Quail, Common | Coturnix coturnix Redstart, Black | Phoenicurus ochruros Redwing | Turdus iliacus Rosefinch, Scarlet | Carpodacus erythrinus Ruff | Philomachus pugnax Sandpiper, Green | Tringa ochropus Sandpiper, Purple | Calidris maritima Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola Scaup | Aythya marila Scoter, Common | Melanitta nigra Scoter, Velvet | Melanitta fusca Serin | Serinus serinus Shorelark | Eremophila alpestris Shrike, Red-backed | Lanius collurio Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus Stint, Temminck’s | Calidris temminckii Swan, Bewick’s | Cygnus bewickii Swan, Whooper | Cygnus cygnus Tern, Black | Chlidonias niger Tern, Little | Sterna albifrons Tern, Roseate | Sterna dougallii Tit, Bearded | Panurus biarmicus Tit, Crested | Parus cristatus Treecreeper, Short-toed | Certhia brachydactyla Warbler, Cetti’s | Cettia cetti Warbler, Dartford | Sylvia undata Warbler, Marsh | Acrocephalus palustris Warbler, Savi’s | Locustella luscinioides Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus Woodlark | Lullula arborea Wryneck | Jynx torquilla Part II During the Close Season Common name | Scientific name Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula Goose, Greylag (in Outer Hebrides, Caithness, Sutherland and Wester Ross only) | Anser anser Pintail | Anas acuta 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 comon name or names shall not be taken into account.

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