# Wildlife and Countryside (Ringing of Certain Birds) Regulations 1982

S.I. 1982/1220 · made 23 August 1982

These regulations have been made for the purposes of s.6(5) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and provide for the ringing of birds included in Part I of Schedule 3 to that Act and bred in captivity.

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## Introductory text

WILDLIFE
Made 23rd August 1982
Laid before Parliament 6th September 1982
Coming into Operation 28th September 1982
The Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, the Secretary of State for Scotland as respects Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(5) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, hereby make the following regulations:—

## Title, commencement, interpretation and application

## 1 

(1) These regulations may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside (Ringing of Certain Birds) Regulations 1982, and shall come into operation on 28th September 1982.
(2) These regulations apply for the purposes of references in section 6(5) of the Act.
(3) In these regulations:
“approved supplier” means any supplier specified in Schedule 1 to these regulations;
“close ring” means a continuous ring or band, without any break or join, for ringing a bird;
“ring” means any ring or band for ringing a bird;
“Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for the Environment;
“the Act” means the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;
and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.
(4) Any reference in these regulations to a bird to which these regulations apply is a reference to a bird included in Part I of Schedule 3 which was bred in captivity.

## Ringing

## 2 

Any bird to which these regulations apply which immediately before the date on which these regulations come into operation was close ringed, or was otherwise ringed for the purpose of being shown for competition, may continue to be so ringed for the period of three years beginning on that date.

## 3 

(1) Subject as mentioned in regulation 2 above, any bird to which these regulations apply shall be close ringed with a ring of a size no larger than the size specified in Schedule 2 to these regulations.
(2) Any such ring as is mentioned in paragraph (1) above shall be obtained from an approved supplier, and the application for the ring shall—
(a) be made by the keeper, or prospective keeper, of the bird to be ringed;
(b) provide details of its parents, or prospective parents; and
(c) in the case of a bird in being, specify its age and (where known) its sex.

## Signature

Michael R.D. Heseltine
Secretary of State for the Environment
9th August 1982
George Younger
Secretary of State for Scotland
23rd August 1982
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Michael Roberts
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Welsh Office
16th August 1982

## Schedule 1: APPROVED SUPPLIERS

## 1 

1The British Bird Council
35Chatham Road
3Kingston-upon-Thames
4Surrey
5KT1 3AB.

## 2 

1The International Ornithological Association
7Cleve Road
3Sidcup
4Kent
5DA14 4RF.

## Schedule 2 SIZES OF RING

Common name
Scientific name
Size of ring (internal diameter, in millimetres)
Blackbird
Turdus merula
4.4
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla
2.7
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
2.5
Bunting, Reed
Emberiza schoeniclus
2.7
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
2.7
Dunnock
Prunella modularis
2.9
Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
2.5
Greenfinch
Carduelis chloris
2.9
Jackdaw
Corvus monedula
7.1
Jay
Garrulus glandarius
6.0
Linnet
Carduelis cannabina
2.5
Magpie
Pica pica
7.1
Owl, Barn
Tyto alba
9.5
Redpoll
Carduelis flammea
2.4
Siskin
Carduelis spinus
2.4
Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
4.4
Thrush, Song
Turdus philomelos
3.9
Twite
Carduelis flavirostris
2.4
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinella
2.9

## Explanatory note

These regulations have been made for the purposes of s.6(5) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and provide for the ringing of birds included in Part I of Schedule 3 to that Act and bred in captivity.

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