{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-4-scotland-order-2009/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/418",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) (Scotland) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-4-scotland-order-2009",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Variation of Schedule4",
  "text": "(1) The following birds are removed from Schedule 4 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (“the 1981 Act”) (birds which must be registered and ringed if kept in captivity):—\nCommon Name\nScientific Name\nBunting, Cirl\nEmberiza cirlus\nBunting, Lapland\nCalcarius lapponicus\nBunting, Snow\nPlectrophenax nivalis\nEagle, Adalbert’s\nAquila adalberti\nEagle, Great Philippine\nPithecophaga jefferyi\nEagle, Imperial\nAquila heliaca\nEagle, New Guinea\nHarpyopsis novaeguineae\nChough\nPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax\nCrossbills (all species)\nLoxia spp\nFalcon, Barbary\nFalco pelegrinoides\nFalcon, Gyr\nFalco rusticolus\nFieldfare\nTurdus pilaris\nFirecrest\nRegulus ignicapillus\nFish-Eagle, Madagascar\nHaliaeetus vociferoides\nForest-Falcon, Plumbeous\nMicrastur plumbeus\nHarrier, Hen\nCircus cyaneus\nHawk, Galapagos\nButeo galapagoensis\nHawk, Grey-backed\nLeucopternis occidentalis\nHawk, Hawaiian\nButeo solitarius\nHawk, Ridgway’s\nButeo ridgwayi\nHawk, White-necked\nLeucopternis lacernulata\nHawk-Eagle, Wallace’s\nSpizaetus nanus\nHobby\nFalco subbuteo\nHoney-Buzzard, Black\nHenicopernis infuscatus\nKestrel, Lesser\nFalco naumanni\nKestrel, Mauritius\nFalco punctatus\nKite, Red\nMilvus milvus\nOriole, Golden\nOriolus oriolus\nRedstart, Black\nPhoenicurus ochruros\nRedwing\nTurdus iliacus\nSea-Eagle, Pallas’\nHaliaeetus leucoryphus\nSea-Eagle, Steller’s\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, Gundlach’s\nAccipiter gundlachi\nSparrowhawk, Imitator\nAccipiter imitator\nSparrowhawk, New Britain\nAccipiter brachyurus\nSparrowhawk, Small\nAccipiter nanus\nTit, Bearded\nPanurus biarmicus\nTit, Crested\nParus cristatus\nWarbler, Cetti’s\nCettia cetti\nWarbler, Dartford\nSylvia undata\nWarbler, Marsh\nAcrocephalus palustris\nWarbler, Savi’s\nLocustella luscinioides\nWoodlark\nLullula arborea\nWryneck\nJynx torquilla\n(2) The words “Any bird one of whose parents or other lineal ancestor was a bird of a kind specified in the foregoing provisions of this Schedule” at the end of the list of birds in Schedule 4 to the 1981 Act are omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Schedule 4 was varied by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1151); by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) (England) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2356); and by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) (Wales) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/780 (W.68))."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/418/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:58:34.563300+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."
}