Explanatory note

This Order, which applies throughout Great Britain, varies Schedules 5 and 8 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which list animals and plants protected under that Act.

Article 2 adds eleven animals generally to Schedule 5, confers limited protection on two animals and extends the protection afforded to one animal.

Article 3 adds seventy-eight plants to Schedule 8 and removes three plants from protection.