Naturenet: Schedule 3 Birds

Schedule 3 Birds

Schedule 3 Part I

Birds which may be sold alive at all times if ringed and bred in captivity.

  • Blackbird
  • Brambling
  • Bullfinch
  • Bunting, reed
  • Chaffinch
  • Dunnock
  • Goldfnch
  • Greenfinch
  • Jackdaw
  • Jay
  • Linnet
  • Magpie
  • Owl, barn
  • Redpoll
  • Siskin
  • Starling
  • Thrush, song
  • Twite
  • Yellowhammer

Schedule 3 - Part II

Birds which may be sold dead (at all times)

Until The Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 2 & 3) Order 1992 this part also included feral pigeon.

Schedule 3 Part III

Birds which may be sold dead from 1 September to 28 February.

  • Capercaillie
  • Coot
  • Duck, tufted
  • Mallard
  • Pintail
  • Plover, golden
  • Pochard
  • Shoveler
  • Snipe, common
  • Teal
  • Wigeon
  • Woodcock

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