Schedule 2.1

Schedule 2.1 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981

Birds which may be killed or taken Outside The Close Season

Name Latin Date Notes
Waterfowl Anatidae    
Canada Goose Branta canadensis 1981 Closed Season: 21/02 – 31/08 (in or over any area below HW or spring tides)
Common Pochard Aythya ferina 1981 Closed Season: 21/02 – 31/08 (in or over any area below HW or spring tides)
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 1981 Closed Season: 21/02 – 31/08 (in or over any area below HW or spring tides)
Gadwall Anas strepera 1981 Closed Season: 21/02 – 31/08 (in or over any area below HW or spring tides)
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 1981 Closed Season: 21/02 – 31/08 (in or over any area below HW or spring tides)
Greylag Goose Anser anser 1981 Closed Season: 21/02 – 31/08 (in or over any area below HW or spring tides)
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 1981 Closed Season: 21/02 – 31/08 (in or over any area below HW or spring tides)
Northern Pintail Anas acuta 1981 Closed Season: 21/02 – 31/08 (in or over any area below HW or spring tides)
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 1981 Closed Season: 21/02 – 31/08 (in or over any area below HW or spring tides)
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 1981 Closed Season: 21/02 – 31/08 (in or over any area below HW or spring tides)
Teal Anas crecca 1981 Closed Season: 21/02 – 31/08 (in or over any area below HW or spring tides)
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 1981 Closed Season: 21/02 – 31/08 (in or over any area below HW or spring tides)
White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 1981 Closed Season: 21/02 – 31/08 (in or over any area below HW or spring tides) (in England & Wales only)
Grouse Tetraonidae    
Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 1981 Closed season: 01/02 – 30/09
2001 Removed
Crakes and Rails Rallidae    
Coot Fulica atra 1981 Closed Season: 01/02 – 31/08
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 1981 Closed Season: 01/02 – 31/08
Plovers Charadriidae    
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 1981 Closed Season: 01/02 – 31/08
Waders Scolopacidae    
Snipe Gallinago gallinago 1981 Closed Season: 01/02 – 11/08
Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 1981 Closed Season: 01/02 – 30/09 (ex. Scotland)

2 comments

  1. alan says:

    Can anyone tell me who you contact if you see someone killing a swan. Please do not say phone the police as my brother-in-law who lives in Wisbeck, Cambridgeshire did this and was told they (police) could not do anything about it.

  2. UKW says:

    In that case I would contact your local RSPB warden who will be able to advise you.

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