- List name
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 - Schedule 1, Part I and Part II combined
- Owner
- k.oliver@nbn.org.uk
- List type
- Conservation list
- Description
- Protected Birds, Animals and Plants are listed in Schedules 1, 5 and 8 respectively of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.Schedule 1. The Act makes it an offence (with exception to species listed in Schedule 2) to intentionally kill, injure or take any wild bird or their eggs or nests. Special penalties are available for offences related to birds listed on Schedule 1, for which there are additional offences of disturbing these birds at their nests, or their dependent young. Schedule 5. The Act makes it an offence (subject to exceptions) to intentionally kill, injure, or take, possess, or trade in any wild animal listed in Schedule 5, and prohibits interference with places used for shelter or protection, or intentionally disturbing animals occupying such places. The Act also prohibits certain methods of killing, injuring, or taking wild animals.Schedule 8. The Act makes it an offence (subject to exceptions) to pick, uproot, trade in, or possess (for the purposes of trade) any wild plant listed in Schedule 8, and prohibits the unauthorised intentional uprooting of such plants.There is a statutory five-yearly review of Schedules 5 and 8 (protected wild animals and plants respectively). Part I description - Birds and their young, for which it is an offence to intentionally or recklessly disturb at, on or near an active nest. They are protected by special penalties at all times. Part II description - Birds afforded special protection during the close season but which may be killed or taken outside this period. They are protected by special penalties during the close season.
- Date submitted
- 2020-09-25
- Date updated
- 2020-10-02
- Is private
- No
- Included in species pages
- Yes
- Authoritative
- Yes
- Invasive
- No
- Threatened
- No
- Part of the sensitive data service
- No
- Region
- Not provided
- Metadata link
- https://registry.nbnatlas.org/public/show/dr2413
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Action | Supplied Name | Scientific Name (matched) | Image | Author (matched) | Common Name (matched) | Designation |
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Accipiter gentilis | Accipiter gentilis |
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(Linnaeus, 1758) | Goshawk | Part 1
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Acrocephalus palustris | Acrocephalus palustris |
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(Bechstein, 1798) | Marsh Warbler | Part 1
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Alcedo atthis | Alcedo atthis |
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(Linnaeus, 1758) | Kingfisher | Part 1
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Anas acuta | Anas acuta |
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Linnaeus, 1758 | Pintail | Part 2
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Anas querquedula | Spatula querquedula | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Garganey | Part 1
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Anser anser | Anser anser |
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(Linnaeus, 1758) | Greylag Goose | Part 2
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Aquila chrysaetos | Aquila chrysaetos |
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(Linnaeus, 1758) | Golden Eagle | Part 1
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Ardea purpurea | Ardea purpurea |
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Linnaeus, 1766 | Purple Heron | Part 1
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Aythya marila | Aythya marila |
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(Linnaeus, 1761) | Scaup | Part 1
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Botaurus stellaris | Botaurus stellaris |
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(Linnaeus, 1758) | Bittern | Part 1
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