
1 
This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 24th May 1994.
2 
The following birds are hereby removed from Schedule 4 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981—

Common name Scientific name
Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Bittern, Little Ixobrychus minutus
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Corncrake Crex crex
Crake, Spotted Porzana porzana
Curlew, Stone Burhinus oedicnemus
Divers (all species) Gavia spp
Dotterel Charadrius morinellus
Duck, Long-tailed Clangula hyemalis
Falcons (all species except the following): Falconidae (all species except the following):
Falcon, Barbary Falco pelegrinoides
Falcon, Gyr Falco rusticolus
Falcon, Peregrine Falco peregrinus
Forest-Falcon, Plumbeous Micrastur plumbeus
Hobby Falco subbuteo
Kestrel, Lesser Falco naumanni
Kestrel, Mauritius Falco punctatus
Merlin Falco columbarius
Godwit, Black-tailed Limosa limosa
Grebe, Black-necked Podiceps nigricollis
Grebe, Slavonian Podiceps auritus
Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Hawks, True (all species except the following): Accipitridae (all species except the following):
Buzzard, Honey Pernis apivorus
Eagle, Adalbert Aquila adalberti
Eagle, Golden Aquila chrysaetos
Eagle, Geat Philippine Pithecophaga jefferyi
Eagle, Imperial Aquila heliaca
Eagle, New Guinea Harpyopsis novaeguineae
Eagle, White-tailed Haliaeetus albicilla
Fish-Eagle, Madagascar Haliaeetus vociferoides
Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Harrier, Hen Circus cyaneus
Harrier, Marsh Circus aeruginosus
Harrier, Montagu Circus pygargus
Hawk, Galapagos Buteo galapagoensis
Hawk, Grey-backed Leucopternis occidentalis
Hawk, Hawaiian Buteo solitarius
Hawk, Ridgway Buteo ridgwayi
Hawk, White-necked Leucopternis lacernulata
Hawk-Eagle, Wallace Spizaetus nanus
Honey-Buzzard, Black Henicopernis infuscatus
Kite, Red Milvus milvus
Sea-Eagle, Pallas Haliaeetus leucoryphus
Sea-Eagle, Steller Haliaeetus pelagicus
Serpent-Eagle, Andaman Spilornis elgini
Serpent-Eagle, Madagascar Eutriorchis astur
Serpent-Eagle, Mountain Spilornis kinabaluensis
Sparrowhawk, Gundlach Accipiter gundlachi
Sparrowhawk, Imitator Accipiter imitator
Sparrowhawk, New Britain Accipiter brachyurus
Sparrowhawk, Small) Accipiter nanus)
Hoopoe Upupa epops
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Petrel, Leach's Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Phalarope, Red-necked Phalaropus lobatus
Plover, Kentish Charadrius alexandrinus
Plover, Little-ringed Charadrius dubius
Quail, Common Coturnix coturnix
Rosefinch, Scarlet Carpodacus erythrinus
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Sandpiper, Green Tringa ochropus
Sandpiper, Purple Calidris maritima
Sandpiper, Wood Tringa glareola
Scoter, Common Melanitta nigra
Scoter, Velvet Melanitta fusca
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Stilt, Black-winged Himantopus himantopus
Stint, Temminck Calidris temminckii
Tern, Black Chlidonias niger
Tern, Little Sterna albifrons
Tern, Roseate Sterna dougallii
Treecreeper, Short-toed Certhia brachydactyla
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
3 
In Schedule 4 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, at the end of the list of birds there shall be inserted—
“Any bird one of whose parents or other lineal ancestor was a bird of a kind specified in the foregoing provisions of this Schedule.”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Robert Atkins
Minister of State
Department of the Environment
25th April 1994