Moll. 1,770 Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 To protect rare breeding birds, the law prohibits intentional disturbance of any species included in Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. This applies while such a bird is building a nest, or is in, on or near a nest containing eggs or young. It is also illegal to intentionally disturb dependent young of Schedule 1 birds. Photographers cannot visit such nests unless they obtain the appropriate licence from the relevant authority. These are as follows: English Nature Northminster House, Peterborough PE1 1UA. Tel: 01733 340345 Countryside Council for Wales Plas Penrhos, Fford Penrhos, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2LQ. Tel: 01248 370444 Scottish Natural Heritage Research and Advisory Service, Bonnington Bond, 2/5 Anderson Place, Edinburgh EH6 5NP. Tel 0131 554 9797 SCHEDULE 1 Birds that are protected by special penalties and that may not be photographed at or near a nest without a licence: Avocet Bee-eater Bittern Bittern, little Bluethroat Brambling Bunting, cirl Bunting, Lapland Bunting, snow Buzzard, honey Chough Corncrake Crake, spotted Crossbills (all species) Divers (all species) Dotterel Duck, long-tailed Eagle, golden Eagle, white-tailed Falcon, gyr Fieldfare Firecrest Garganey Godwit, black-tailed Goldeneye Goose, greylag (Outer Hebrides, Caithness, Sutherland & Wester Ross only) Goshawk Grebe, black-necked Grebe, Slavonian Greenshank Gull, little Gull, Mediterranean Harriers (all species) Heron, purple Hobby Hoopoe Kingfisher Kite, red Merlin Oriole, golden Osprey Owl, barn Owl, snowy Peregrine Petrel, Leach’s Phalarope, red-necked Pintail Plover, Kentish Plover, little ringed Quail, common Redstart, black Redwing Rosefinch, scarlet Ruff Sandpiper, green Sandpiper, purple Sandpiper, wood Scaup Scoter, common Scoter, velvet Serin Shorelark Shrike, red-backed Spoonbill Stilt, black-winged Stint, Temminck’s Stone-curlew Swan, Bewick’s Swan, whooper Tern, black Tern, little Tern, roseate Tit, bearded Tit, crested Treecreeper, short-toed Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler, Dartford Warbler, marsh Warbler, Savi’s Whimbrel Woodlark Wryneck http://www.birdimages.co.uk/files/documents/BIRDPHOT_tcm5-43180.pdf 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,784 Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Good info Moll, do you know if anyone (ie joe normal, not a mad-on eagle/osprey/peregrine/chough etc watcher) has been done for any pic taking? Cheers, D. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Good info Moll, do you know if anyone (ie joe normal, not a mad-on eagle/osprey/peregrine/chough etc watcher) has been done for any pic taking? Cheers, D. wouldnt be able to tell what spieces they were if i took any so im safe 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moll. 1,770 Posted May 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Good info Moll, do you know if anyone (ie joe normal, not a mad-on eagle/osprey/peregrine/chough etc watcher) has been done for any pic taking? Cheers, D. No Dytkos, but I do know someone who had the police at his door for taking photos of a rare bird, after posting them on here years ago. Some stupid joke about a spud gun (Kind that shoot bits of potatoes or something) and he had the police at his door, the farmers door, and his mate lost his permission Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moll. 1,770 Posted May 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Good info Moll, do you know if anyone (ie joe normal, not a mad-on eagle/osprey/peregrine/chough etc watcher) has been done for any pic taking? Cheers, D. wouldnt be able to tell what spieces they were if i took any so im safe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,539 Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 good info bud Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pip1968 2,490 Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 hi moll are they the only birds you need perms for or all types ie finchs larks and genral garden birds Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moll. 1,770 Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 The ones in the list you need a license for Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pip1968 2,490 Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 thanks moll the reason i asked was i put a thread up awhile ago about bird egg photograghy as i have found numerous nesting birds ie chif chafs,whitethroats buzzads kezzies finhes tits jays and plenty more . now i had all these birds eggs on a phone but deleted them as a lad off here said it was illegal and i really wanted to start a thread on this subject thanks 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ftm 3,357 Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 no more pics off me then lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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