http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1220Wildlife and Countryside (Ringing of Certain Birds) Regulations 1982WestlawWILDLIFEStatute Law Database2025-12-02Expert Participation2017-12-28 These regulations have been made for the purposes of s.6(5) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and provide for the ringing of birds included in Part I of Schedule 3 to that Act and bred in captivity. 1982 No. 1220WILDLIFE<Repeal ChangeId="key-eca5f480d1214fe73db2cae06d1c057f-1764615663687" CommentaryRef="key-eca5f480d1214fe73db2cae06d1c057f" RetainText="true" Extent="E+W">Wildlife and Countryside (Ringing of Certain Birds) Regulations 1982</Repeal>Made23rd August 1982Laid before Parliament6th September 1982Coming into Operation28th September 1982The Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, the Secretary of State for Scotland as respects Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(5) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, hereby make the following regulations:— <Repeal ChangeId="key-eca5f480d1214fe73db2cae06d1c057f-1764615663687" CommentaryRef="key-eca5f480d1214fe73db2cae06d1c057f" RetainText="true" Extent="E+W">Title, commencement, interpretation and application</Repeal>11These regulations may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside (Ringing of Certain Birds) Regulations 1982, and shall come into operation on 28th September 1982.2These regulations apply for the purposes of references in section 6(5) of the Act.3In these regulations:“approved supplier” means any supplier specified in Schedule 1 to these regulations; “close ring” means a continuous ring or band, without any break or join, for ringing a bird; “ring” means any ring or band for ringing a bird; “Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for the Environment; “the Act” means the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.4Any reference in these regulations to a bird to which these regulations apply is a reference to a bird included in Part I of Schedule 3 which was bred in captivity.<Repeal ChangeId="key-eca5f480d1214fe73db2cae06d1c057f-1764615663687" CommentaryRef="key-eca5f480d1214fe73db2cae06d1c057f" RetainText="true" Extent="E+W">Ringing</Repeal>2Any bird to which these regulations apply which immediately before the date on which these regulations come into operation was close ringed, or was otherwise ringed for the purpose of being shown for competition, may continue to be so ringed for the period of three years beginning on that date.31Subject as mentioned in regulation 2 above, any bird to which these regulations apply shall be close ringed with a ring of a size no larger than the size specified in Schedule 2 to these regulations.2Any such ring as is mentioned in paragraph (1) above shall be obtained from an approved supplier, and the application for the ring shall—abe made by the keeper, or prospective keeper, of the bird to be ringed;bprovide details of its parents, or prospective parents; andcin the case of a bird in being, specify its age and (where known) its sex.Michael R.D. HeseltineSecretary of State for the Environment9th August 1982George YoungerSecretary of State for Scotland23rd August 1982Signed by authority of the Secretary of StateMichael RobertsParliamentary Under Secretary of StateWelsh Office16th August 1982 SCHEDULE 1<Repeal ChangeId="key-eca5f480d1214fe73db2cae06d1c057f-1764615663687" CommentaryRef="key-eca5f480d1214fe73db2cae06d1c057f" RetainText="true" Extent="E+W">APPROVED SUPPLIERS</Repeal>1The British Bird CouncilChatham RoadKingston-upon-ThamesSurreyKT1 3AB.2The International Ornithological AssociationCleve RoadSidcupKentDA14 4RF.SCHEDULE 2<Repeal ChangeId="key-eca5f480d1214fe73db2cae06d1c057f-1764615663687" CommentaryRef="key-eca5f480d1214fe73db2cae06d1c057f" RetainText="true" Extent="E+W">SIZES OF RING</Repeal>
Common nameScientific nameSize of ring (internal diameter, in millimetres)
BlackbirdTurdus merula4.4
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2.7
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2.5
Bunting, ReedEmberiza schoeniclus2.7
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2.7
DunnockPrunella modularis2.9
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2.5
GreenfinchCarduelis chloris2.9
JackdawCorvus monedula7.1
JayGarrulus glandarius6.0
LinnetCarduelis cannabina2.5
MagpiePica pica7.1
Owl, BarnTyto alba9.5
RedpollCarduelis flammea2.4
SiskinCarduelis spinus2.4
StarlingSturnus vulgaris4.4
Thrush, SongTurdus philomelos3.9
TwiteCarduelis flavirostris2.4
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2.9
 EXPLANATORY NOTE

These regulations have been made for the purposes of s.6(5) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and provide for the ringing of birds included in Part I of Schedule 3 to that Act and bred in captivity.

 Reg. 1 in force at 28.9.1982, see reg. 1(1)Reg. 2 in force at 28.9.1982, see reg. 1(1)Reg. 3 in force at 28.9.1982, see reg. 1(1)Sch. 1 in force at 28.9.1982, see reg. 1(1)Sch. 2 in force at 28.9.1982, see reg. 1(1)Regulations revoked (E.W.) (28.12.2017) by The Ringing of Certain Captive-bred Birds (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1213), regs. 1(1), 3(1) (with regs. 1(2), 3(2))