S.I. No. 428/2001 - Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order, 2001

1. This Order may be cited as the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order, 2001.

2. In this Order the “Principal Order” means the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order, 1979 (

S.I. No. 192 of 1979

) as amended.

3. The First Schedule to the “Principal Order” is hereby amended by the substitution of the following Part for Part I

PART I

WILD BIRDS

OPEN SEASON

PLACES IN THE STATE

(1)

(2)

(3)

Red Grouse

The period beginning on the 1

st

day of September in each year and ending on the 30

th

day of September in the same year.

Throughout the State.

Mallard

Teal

Gadwall

Wigeon

Pintail

Shoveler

Scaup

Tufted Duck

Pochard

Goldeneye

Golden Plover

Snipe

Jack Snipe

The period beginning on the 1

st

day of September in each year and ending on the 31

st

day of January in the year immediately following that year.

Throughout the State.

Red-legged Partridge

The period beginning on the 1

st

day of November in each year and ending on the 31

st

day of January in the year immediately following that year.

Throughout the State.

Cock Pheasant Woodcock

The period beginning on the 1

st

day of November in each year and ending on the 31

st

day of January in the year immediately following that year.

Throughout the State.

Curlew

The period beginning on the 1

st

day of November in each year and ending on the 30

th

day of November in the same year.

Throughout the State.

Woodpigeon

The period beginning on the 1

st

day of June in each year and ending on the 31

st

day of January in the year immediately following that year.

Throughout the State.

Canada Goose

The period beginning on the 1

st

day of September in each year and ending on the 15

th

day of October in the same year.

Throughout the State.

Canada Goose

The period beginning on the 16

th

day of October in each year and ending on the 31

st

day of January in the year immediately following that year.

The counties of Cavan (exclusive of the townlands of Eonish Island, Rinn, Deramfield) and Leitrim (exclusive of the River Shannon).

Greylag Goose

The period beginning on the 1

st

day of September in each year and ending on the 15

th

day of October in the same year.

Throughout the State.

Greylag Goose

The period beginning on the 16

th

day of October in each year and ending on the 31

st

day of January in the year immediately following that year.

Lady's Island, in the county of Wexford Gearagh East & Gearagh West, in the county of Cork.

Ruddy Duck

The period beginning on the 1

st

day of September in each year and ending on the 31

st

day of January in the year immediately following that year.

Throughout the State.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 5

th

day of SEPTEMBER, 2001.

Sile de Valera, T.D.,

Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The effect of this Order is to amend the Open Seasons list of huntable species of wild birds by the inclusion of the Ruddy Duck from the 1st day of September in each year to the 31

st

of January in the year immediately following that year on a countrywide basis.

I, Sile De Valera, Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Sections 8(2) of the Wildlife Acts, 1976 (No. 39 of 1976) and 2000 (No. 30 of 2000), and the Heritage (Transfer of Departmental, Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1994 (

S.I. No. 443 of 1994

) (as adapted by the Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 (

S.I. No. 306 of 1997

)), hereby order as follows