{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-birds-act-1954/schedule-THIRD",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-birds-act-1954/schedule-THIRD.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/30",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Birds Act 1954",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-birds-act-1954",
  "path": "schedule/THIRD",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "THIRD",
  "heading": "Wild birds which may be killed or taken outside the close season",
  "text": "Any wild bird included in Part II of the First Schedule to this Act.\nCapercaillie\nCoot\nCurlew (other than stone curlew)\nGodwit, bar-tailed\nMoorhen\nPlover, golden\nPlover, grey\nRedshank, common\nSnipe, common\nSnipe, jack\nWild duck of the following species—\nCommon pochard\nGadwall\nMallard\nPintail\nShoveller\nTeal\nTufted duck\nWigeon\nWild geese of the following species—\nBean goose\nCanada goose\nPink-footed goose\nWhite-fronted goose\nWoodcock",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/30/schedule/THIRD",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:16:10.609790+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}