{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-4-order-1994/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-4-order-1994/note.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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nSection 7 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (“the Act”), together with regulations made under that section, provide for the registration and ringing of captive birds included in Schedule 4 to the Act.\nArticle 2 of this Order removes the birds listed in that Article from Schedule 4 to the Act and Article 3 adds to that Schedule hybrids of birds specified in that Schedule.\nFrom the coming into force of this Order the birds included in Schedule 4 to the Act will be—\nCommon name\nScientific name\nBunting, Cirl\nEmberiza cirlus\nBunting, Lapland\nCalcarius lapponicus\nBunting, Snow\nPlectrophenax nivalis\nBuzzard, Honey\nPernis apivorus\nEagle, Adalbert's\nAquila adalberti\nEagle, Golden\nAquila chrysaetos\nEagle, Great Philippine\nPithecophaga jefferyi\nEagle, Imperial\nAquila heliaca\nEagle, New Guinea\nHarpyopsis novaeguineae\nEagle, White-tailed\nHaliaeetus albicilla\nChough\nPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax\nCrossbills (all species)\nLoxia spp\nFalcon, Barbary\nFalco pelegrinoides\nFalcon, Gyr\nFalco rusticolus\nFalcon, Peregrine\nFalco peregrinus\nFieldfare\nTurdus pilaris\nFirecrest\nRegulus ignicapillus\nFish-Eagle, Madagascar\nHaliaeetus vociferoides\nForest-Falcon, Plumbeous\nMicrastur plumbeus\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\nHobby\nFalco subbuteo\nCommon name\nScientific name\nHoney-Buzzard, Black\nHenicopernis infuscatus\nKestrel, Lesser\nFalco naumanni\nKestrel, Mauritius\nFalco punctatus\nKite, Red\nMilvus milvus\nMerlin\nFalco columbarius\nOriole, Golden\nOriolus oriolus\nOsprey\nPandion haliaetus\nRedstart, Black\nPhoenicurus ochruros\nRedwing\nTurdus iliacus\nSea-Eagle, Pallas\nHaliaeetus leucoryphus\nSea-Eagle, Stellers\nHaliaeetus pelagicus\nSerin\nSerinus serinus\nSerpent-Eagle, Andaman\nSpilornis elgini\nSerpent-Eagle, Madagascar\nEutriorchis astur\nSerpent-Eagle, Mountain\nSpilornis kinabaluensis\nShorelark\nEremophila alpestris\nShrike, Red-backed\nLanius collurio\nSparrowhawk, New Britain\nAccipiter brachyurus\nSparrowhawk, Gundlach's\nAccipiter gundlachi\nSparrowhawk, Imitator\nAccipiter imitator\nSparrowhawk, Small\nAccipiter nanus\nTit, Bearded\nPanurus biarmicus\nTit, Crested\nParus cristatus\nWarbler, Cetti\nCettia cetti\nWarbler, Dartford\nSylvia undata\nWarbler, Marsh\nAcrocephalus palustris\nWarbler, Savi\nLocustella luscinioides\nWoodlark\nLullula arborea\nWryneck\nJynx torquilla\nAny bird one of whose parents or other lineal ancestor was a bird of a kind specified in the above list.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1151/note",
    "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."
}