Birds with special protection

Species shown in bold are those recorded regularly in Scotland

BIRDS WITH NESTS AND NEST SITES PROTECTED AT ANY TIME (Schedule A1 Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 as amended)

White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla

BIRDS PROTECTED FROM HARASSMENT AT ANY TIME (Schedule 1A Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 as amended)

White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla

BIRDS PROTECTED BY SPECIAL PENALTIES (Schedule 1 Part I Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981)
Avocet	Recuvirostra avosetta
Barn Owl	*Tyto alba*
Bearded Tit	*Panurus biarmicus*
Bee-eater	Merops apiaster
Bewick’s Swan	*Cygnus columbianus*
Bittern	*Botaurus stellaris*
Black Redstart	Phoenicurus ochrurus
Black Tern	Chlidonias niger
Black-necked Grebe	*Podiceps nigricollis*
Black-tailed Godwit	*Limosa limosa*
Black-throated Diver	*Gavia arctica*
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus
Bluethroat	*Luscinia svecica*
Brambling	*Fringilla montifringilla*
Capercaillie	*Tetrao urogallus*
Cetti’s Warbler	Cettia cetti
Chough	*Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax*
Cirl Bunting	Emberiza cirlus
Common Scoter	*Melanitta nigra*
Corncrake	*Crex crex*
Crested Tit	*Parus cristatus*
Crossbills (all species)	*Loxia spp*
Dartford Warbler	Sylvia undata
Dotterel	*Charadrius morinellus*
Fieldfare	*Turdus pilaris*
Firecrest	Regulus ignicapillus
Garganey	*Anas querquedula*
Goldeneye#	*Bucephala clangula*
Golden Eagle	*Aquila chrysaetos*
Greylag Goose#	*Anser anser*
Golden oriole	Oriolus oriolus
Goshawk	*Accipter gentilis*
Great Northern Diver	*Gavia immer*
Green Sandpiper	*Tringa ochropus*
Greenshank	*Tringa nebularia*
Gyr Falcon	Falco rusticolus
Harriers (all species)	*Circus spp*
Hobby	*Falco subbuteo*
Honey Buzzard	*Pernis apivorus*
Hoopoe	Upupa epops
Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus
Kingfisher	*Alcedo atthis*
Lapland Bunting	*Calcarius lapponicus*
Leach’s Petrel	*Oceanodroma leucorhoa*
Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus
Little Gull	*Larus minutus*
Little Ringed Plover	*Charadrius dubius*
Little Tern	*Sterna albifrons*
Long-tailed Duck	*Clangula hyemalis*
Marsh Warbler	Acrocephalus palustris
Mediterranean Gull	Larus melanocephalus
Merlin	*Falco columbarius*
Osprey	*Pandion haliaetus*
Peregrine Falcon	*Falco perigrinus*
Pintail#	*Anas acuta*
Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea
Purple Sandpiper	*Calidris maritima*
Quail	*Coturnix coturnix*
Red kite	*Milvus milvus*
Red-backed Shrike	*Lanius collurio*
Red-necked Phalarope	*Phalaropus lobatus*
Red-throated Diver	*Gavia stellata*
Redwing	*Turdus illiacus*
Roseate tern	*Sterna dougallii*
Ruff	*Philomachus pugnax*
Savi’s warbler	Locustella luscinoides
Scarlet rosefinch	*Carpodacus erythrinus*
Scaup	*Aythya marila*
Serin	Serinus serinus
Shore lark	*Eremophila alpestris*
Short-toed Treecreeper	Certhia brachydactyla
Slavonian Grebe	*Podiceps auritus*
Snow Bunting	*Plectrophenax nivalis*
Snowy Owl	*Nyctea scandiaca*
Spoonbill	*Platalea leucorodea*
Spotted Crake	*Porzana porzana*
Stone-curlew	Burhinus oedicnemus
Temminck’s Stint	*Calidris temminckii*
Velvet scoter	*Melanitta fusca*
Whimbrel	*Numenius phaeopus*
White-billed Diver	Gavia adamsii
White-tailed Eagle	*Haliaeetus albicilla*
Whooper Swan	*Cygnus cygnus*
Wood Sandpiper	*Tringa glareola*
Woodlark	Lullula arborea
Wryneck	*Jynx torquill*

# See table below.

Birds which are protected by special penalties during the close season (Schedule 1 Part II Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981)

Goldeneye

Pintail

Greylag Goose (in Outer Hebrides, Caithness & Sutherland and Wester Ross only)

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