The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) Order 1994

Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 1151

WILDLIFE

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) Order 1994

Made

25th April 1994

Laid before Parliament

3rd May 1994

Coming into force

24th May 1994

The Secretary of State—

• having given any local authority affected and any other person affected an opportunity to submit objections or representations wth respect to the subject matter of this Order;

• having consulted with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, being the advisory body he considers is best able to advise him as to whether this Order should be made;

• in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 24th May 1994.

Variation of Schedule

2.  The following birds are hereby removed from Schedule 4 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981—

Common name	Scientific name
Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta
Bee-eater	Merops apiaster
Bittern	Botaurus stellaris
Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus
Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica
Corncrake	Crex crex
Crake, Spotted	Porzana porzana
Curlew, Stone	Burhinus oedicnemus
Divers (all species)	Gavia spp
Dotterel	Charadrius morinellus
Duck, Long-tailed	Clangula hyemalis
Falcons (all species except the following):	Falconidae (all species except the following):
Falcon, Barbary	Falco pelegrinoides
Falcon, Gyr	Falco rusticolus
Falcon, Peregrine	Falco peregrinus
Forest-Falcon, Plumbeous	Micrastur plumbeus
Hobby	Falco subbuteo
Kestrel, Lesser	Falco naumanni
Kestrel, Mauritius	Falco punctatus
Merlin	Falco columbarius
Godwit, Black-tailed	Limosa limosa
Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis
Grebe, Slavonian	Podiceps auritus
Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
Hawks, True (all species except the following):	Accipitridae (all species except the following):
Buzzard, Honey	Pernis apivorus
Eagle, Adalbert	Aquila adalberti
Eagle, Golden	Aquila chrysaetos
Eagle, Geat Philippine	Pithecophaga jefferyi
Eagle, Imperial	Aquila heliaca
Eagle, New Guinea	Harpyopsis novaeguineae
Eagle, White-tailed	Haliaeetus albicilla
Fish-Eagle, Madagascar	Haliaeetus vociferoides
Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis
Harrier, Hen	Circus cyaneus
Harrier, Marsh	Circus aeruginosus
Harrier, Montagu	Circus pygargus
Hawk, Galapagos	Buteo galapagoensis
Hawk, Grey-backed	Leucopternis occidentalis
Hawk, Hawaiian	Buteo solitarius
Hawk, Ridgway	Buteo ridgwayi
Hawk, White-necked	Leucopternis lacernulata
Hawk-Eagle, Wallace	Spizaetus nanus
Honey-Buzzard, Black	Henicopernis infuscatus
Kite, Red	Milvus milvus
Sea-Eagle, Pallas	Haliaeetus leucoryphus
Sea-Eagle, Steller	Haliaeetus pelagicus
Serpent-Eagle, Andaman	Spilornis elgini
Serpent-Eagle, Madagascar	Eutriorchis astur
Serpent-Eagle, Mountain	Spilornis kinabaluensis
Sparrowhawk, Gundlach	Accipiter gundlachi
Sparrowhawk, Imitator	Accipiter imitator
Sparrowhawk, New Britain	Accipiter brachyurus
Sparrowhawk, Small)	Accipiter nanus)
Hoopoe	Upupa epops
Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis
Petrel, Leach's	Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Phalarope, Red-necked	Phalaropus lobatus
Plover, Kentish	Charadrius alexandrinus
Plover, Little-ringed	Charadrius dubius
Quail, Common	Coturnix coturnix
Rosefinch, Scarlet	Carpodacus erythrinus
Ruff	Philomachus pugnax
Sandpiper, Green	Tringa ochropus
Sandpiper, Purple	Calidris maritima
Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola
Scoter, Common	Melanitta nigra
Scoter, Velvet	Melanitta fusca
Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia
Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus
Stint, Temminck	Calidris temminckii
Tern, Black	Chlidonias niger
Tern, Little	Sterna albifrons
Tern, Roseate	Sterna dougallii
Treecreeper, Short-toed	Certhia brachydactyla
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus

3.  In Schedule 4 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, at the end of the list of birds there shall be inserted—

“Any bird one of whose parents or other lineal ancestor was a bird of a kind specified in the foregoing provisions of this Schedule.”

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Robert Atkins

Minister of State

Department of the Environment

25th April 1994

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 7 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (“the Act”), together with regulations made under that section, provide for the registration and ringing of captive birds included in Schedule 4 to the Act.

Article 2 of this Order removes the birds listed in that Article from Schedule 4 to the Act and Article 3 adds to that Schedule hybrids of birds specified in that Schedule.

From the coming into force of this Order the birds included in Schedule 4 to the Act will be—

Common name	Scientific name
Bunting, Cirl	Emberiza cirlus
Bunting, Lapland	Calcarius lapponicus
Bunting, Snow	Plectrophenax nivalis
Buzzard, Honey	Pernis apivorus
Eagle, Adalbert's	Aquila adalberti
Eagle, Golden	Aquila chrysaetos
Eagle, Great Philippine	Pithecophaga jefferyi
Eagle, Imperial	Aquila heliaca
Eagle, New Guinea	Harpyopsis novaeguineae
Eagle, White-tailed	Haliaeetus albicilla
Chough	Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Crossbills (all species)	Loxia spp
Falcon, Barbary	Falco pelegrinoides
Falcon, Gyr	Falco rusticolus
Falcon, Peregrine	Falco peregrinus
Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris
Firecrest	Regulus ignicapillus
Fish-Eagle, Madagascar	Haliaeetus vociferoides
Forest-Falcon, Plumbeous	Micrastur plumbeus
Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis
Harrier, Hen	Circus cyaneus
Harrier, Marsh	Circus aeruginosus
Harrier, Montagu	Circus pygargus
Hawk, Galapagos	Buteo galapagoensis
Hawk, Grey-backed	Leucopternis occidentalis
Hawk, Hawaiian	Buteo solitarius
Hawk, Ridgway	Buteo ridgwayi
Hawk, White-necked	Leucopternis lacernulata
Hawk-Eagle, Wallace	Spizaetus nanus
Hobby	Falco subbuteo
Common name	Scientific name
Honey-Buzzard, Black	Henicopernis infuscatus
Kestrel, Lesser	Falco naumanni
Kestrel, Mauritius	Falco punctatus
Kite, Red	Milvus milvus
Merlin	Falco columbarius
Oriole, Golden	Oriolus oriolus
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
Redstart, Black	Phoenicurus ochruros
Redwing	Turdus iliacus
Sea-Eagle, Pallas	Haliaeetus leucoryphus
Sea-Eagle, Stellers	Haliaeetus pelagicus
Serin	Serinus serinus
Serpent-Eagle, Andaman	Spilornis elgini
Serpent-Eagle, Madagascar	Eutriorchis astur
Serpent-Eagle, Mountain	Spilornis kinabaluensis
Shorelark	Eremophila alpestris
Shrike, Red-backed	Lanius collurio
Sparrowhawk, New Britain	Accipiter brachyurus
Sparrowhawk, Gundlach's	Accipiter gundlachi
Sparrowhawk, Imitator	Accipiter imitator
Sparrowhawk, Small	Accipiter nanus
Tit, Bearded	Panurus biarmicus
Tit, Crested	Parus cristatus
Warbler, Cetti	Cettia cetti
Warbler, Dartford	Sylvia undata
Warbler, Marsh	Acrocephalus palustris
Warbler, Savi	Locustella luscinioides
Woodlark	Lullula arborea
Wryneck	Jynx torquilla

Any bird one of whose parents or other lineal ancestor was a bird of a kind specified in the above list.

(1)

1981 c. 69.