# The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) Order 1994, Article 2: Variation of Schedule 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 --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1151/article/2 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-4-order-1994/article-2 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.