{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2011/15",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Protection of nests of certain birds",
  "text": "(1) The Wildlife Order is amended as follows.\n(2) In Article 4(1) (protection of wild birds, their nests and eggs) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—\n“(ba) at any other time takes, damages or destroys the nest of any wild bird included in Schedule A1; or\n(bb) obstructs or prevents any wild bird from using its nest; or”.\n(3) Before Schedule 1 insert—\n“SCHEDULE A1\nBIRDS WHICH RE-USE THEIR NESTS\nArticle 4\nNOTE: The first column of this Schedule, which gives the common name or names, is included by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, only the second column is to be taken into account.\nCommon name\nScientific name\nEagle, Golden\nAquila chrysaetos\nEagle, White-tailed\nHaliaetus albicilla\nOsprey\nPandion haliaetus\nOwl, Barn\nTyto alba\nPeregrine\nFalco peregrinus\nKite, Red\nMilvus milvus\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/15/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:49.628005+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."
}