{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-4-order-1994/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-4-order-1994/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1151",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-4-order-1994",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Variation of Schedule",
  "text": "The following birds are hereby removed from Schedule 4 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981—\nCommon name\nScientific name\nAvocet\nRecurvirostra avosetta\nBee-eater\nMerops apiaster\nBittern\nBotaurus stellaris\nBittern, Little\nIxobrychus minutus\nBluethroat\nLuscinia svecica\nCorncrake\nCrex crex\nCrake, Spotted\nPorzana porzana\nCurlew, Stone\nBurhinus oedicnemus\nDivers (all species)\nGavia spp\nDotterel\nCharadrius morinellus\nDuck, Long-tailed\nClangula hyemalis\nFalcons (all species except the following):\nFalconidae (all species except the following):\nFalcon, Barbary\nFalco pelegrinoides\nFalcon, Gyr\nFalco rusticolus\nFalcon, Peregrine\nFalco peregrinus\nForest-Falcon, Plumbeous\nMicrastur plumbeus\nHobby\nFalco subbuteo\nKestrel, Lesser\nFalco naumanni\nKestrel, Mauritius\nFalco punctatus\nMerlin\nFalco columbarius\nGodwit, Black-tailed\nLimosa limosa\nGrebe, Black-necked\nPodiceps nigricollis\nGrebe, Slavonian\nPodiceps auritus\nGreenshank\nTringa nebularia\nHawks, True (all species except the following):\nAccipitridae (all species except the following):\nBuzzard, Honey\nPernis apivorus\nEagle, Adalbert\nAquila adalberti\nEagle, Golden\nAquila chrysaetos\nEagle, Geat Philippine\nPithecophaga jefferyi\nEagle, Imperial\nAquila heliaca\nEagle, New Guinea\nHarpyopsis novaeguineae\nEagle, White-tailed\nHaliaeetus albicilla\nFish-Eagle, Madagascar\nHaliaeetus vociferoides\nGoshawk\nAccipiter gentilis\nHarrier, Hen\nCircus cyaneus\nHarrier, Marsh\nCircus aeruginosus\nHarrier, Montagu\nCircus pygargus\nHawk, Galapagos\nButeo galapagoensis\nHawk, Grey-backed\nLeucopternis occidentalis\nHawk, Hawaiian\nButeo solitarius\nHawk, Ridgway\nButeo ridgwayi\nHawk, White-necked\nLeucopternis lacernulata\nHawk-Eagle, Wallace\nSpizaetus nanus\nHoney-Buzzard, Black\nHenicopernis infuscatus\nKite, Red\nMilvus milvus\nSea-Eagle, Pallas\nHaliaeetus leucoryphus\nSea-Eagle, Steller\nHaliaeetus pelagicus\nSerpent-Eagle, Andaman\nSpilornis elgini\nSerpent-Eagle, Madagascar\nEutriorchis astur\nSerpent-Eagle, Mountain\nSpilornis kinabaluensis\nSparrowhawk, Gundlach\nAccipiter gundlachi\nSparrowhawk, Imitator\nAccipiter imitator\nSparrowhawk, New Britain\nAccipiter brachyurus\nSparrowhawk, Small)\nAccipiter nanus)\nHoopoe\nUpupa epops\nKingfisher\nAlcedo atthis\nPetrel, Leach's\nOceanodroma leucorhoa\nPhalarope, Red-necked\nPhalaropus lobatus\nPlover, Kentish\nCharadrius alexandrinus\nPlover, Little-ringed\nCharadrius dubius\nQuail, Common\nCoturnix coturnix\nRosefinch, Scarlet\nCarpodacus erythrinus\nRuff\nPhilomachus pugnax\nSandpiper, Green\nTringa ochropus\nSandpiper, Purple\nCalidris maritima\nSandpiper, Wood\nTringa glareola\nScoter, Common\nMelanitta nigra\nScoter, Velvet\nMelanitta fusca\nSpoonbill\nPlatalea leucorodia\nStilt, Black-winged\nHimantopus himantopus\nStint, Temminck\nCalidris temminckii\nTern, Black\nChlidonias niger\nTern, Little\nSterna albifrons\nTern, Roseate\nSterna dougallii\nTreecreeper, Short-toed\nCerthia brachydactyla\nWhimbrel\nNumenius phaeopus",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1151/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:34:11.798977+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."
}