- List name
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 - Schedule 8
- 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). Schedule 8 description - Plants which are protected from intentional picking, uprooting or destruction (Section 13 1a); selling, offering for sale, possessing or transporting for the purpose of sale (live or dead, part or derivative) (Section 13 2a); advertising (any of these) for buying or selling (Section 13 2b).
- 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/dr2414
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Action | Supplied Name | Scientific Name (matched) | Image | Author (matched) | Common Name (matched) |
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Cystopteris dickieana | Cystopteris dickieana | R. Sim | Dickie's Bladder-fern | ||
Ophioglossum lusitanicum | Ophioglossum lusitanicum | L. | Least Adder's-tongue | ||
Trichomanes speciosum | Trichomanes speciosum |
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Willd. | Killarney Fern | |
Woodsia alpina | Woodsia alpina |
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(Bolton) Gray | Alpine Woodsia | |
Woodsia ilvensis | Woodsia ilvensis |
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(L.) R. Br. | Oblong Woodsia | |
Ajuga chamaepitys | Ajuga chamaepitys |
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(L.) Schreb. | Ground-pine | |
Alisma gramineum | Alisma gramineum |
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Lej. | Ribbon-leaved Water-plantain | |
Allium sphaerocephalon | Allium sphaerocephalon | L. | Round-headed Leek | ||
Alyssum alyssoides | Alyssum alyssoides |
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(L.) L. | Small Alison | |
Apium repens | Apium repens | (Jacq.) Lag. | Creeping Marshwort |
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