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Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 6:02 pm
by Schmetterling
How many people are aware of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, schedule 5, section 9? This covers the disturbance and destruction of endangered butterflies. This is worth consideration before visiting reserves, SSSIs etc.
Re: Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:40 pm
by Pete Eeles
Moved out of the 'Personal Diaries'!
We do have a section on this:
https://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/webpage.php?name=law
However, there is a lot of interpretation needed for some of the wording, which is where things can get very messy.
Hopefully, this thread will shed some light on what is, and what is not, permissible by law.
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 1:15 pm
by Jack Harrison
Snip from the Act.
Partially-protected Species
The table below lists those species that have partial protection; they are protected by Section 9, Parts 5(a) and 5(b) and, as such, are characterised as being protected for "Sale only".
Small Blue
Exemptions
There are certain exemptions to the act which are relevant when:
Carrying out scientific investigations
That suggests that my experiment to determine the presence of Small Blue near Nethy Bridge is not against the law.
See separate reports about Small Blue on 9th June at Ardersier.
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Jack