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The species of birds which can legally be killed
or taken by permitted means outside the close season are listed in Schedule
2 Part 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
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Schedule
2 Part 1
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Ducks
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Geese
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Waders
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Others
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Gadwall
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Canada
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Common
Snipe
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Capercaillie
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Goldeneye
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Greylag
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Golden
Plover
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Coot
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Mallard
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Pinkfooted
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Moorhen
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Pintail
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*Whitefronted
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Woodcock
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Pochard
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Shoveler
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Teal
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Tufted
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Wigeon
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Below are some photographs and silhouettes (not to scale) of the quarry species available to wildfowlers. All of these species have been shot on the marshes used by Spalding Wildfowlers, some appearing on returns more often than others. One of the most important aspects of wildfowling is making sure that when you shoot at a duck or goose, it is legal quarry. These pictures are a guide but the only way to be sure is to get out there and see them in all the different light situations that appear during the day. Remember, if in doubt DO
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Ducks
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Mallard |
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Large
dabbling duck with male having a bottle-green head. In flight, it flies
quickly with shallow wing beats. It has a deep quark which is either
a single note or several strung together.
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Wigeon
(Anas penelope) |
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Medium
sized dabbling duck with the male having a distinct chestnut head with
a golden forehead. In flight, it has fast wing beats and a very distinct
whistling whee-oo call.
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Pintail
(Anas acuta) |
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A
dabbling duck that is of a slim build with a long neck and distinctive
tail. The male has a chocolate head with a white stripe down the back.
Very rarely makes a noise.
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Gadwall
(Anas strepera) |
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A
medium sized dabbling duck with a dull plumage. Usually flies in pairs
or mixes with other species. Has a high pitched quack.
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Teal
(Anas crecca) |
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A
very small dabbling duck with the male having a chestnut head and a
green eye stripe. A very agile duck that is renowned for its vertical
take-off abilities. Its voice is a whistling crick-crick.
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Shoveler
(Anas clypeata) |
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This
dabbling duck is identifiable by its "shovel-type" bill. Very
agile flyer with fast wing beats. Usually silent in flight.
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Pochard
(Aythya ferina) |
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A
medium diving duck with the male having a chestnut head. Flight is fast
and strong with short, rapid wing beats. Usually silent.
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Tufted
(Aythya fuligula) |
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Small
diving duck with male being black and white with a crest on the head.
Very often in flocks with rapid wing beats. Usually silent.
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Goldeneye
(Bucephala clangula) |
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Medium
diving duck with black/green head and a distinct white cheek patch.
Very often in small flocks and flying with a rapid wing beat. Usually
silent.
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Geese
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Pinkfooted
(Anser brachyrhynchus) |
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Medium
goose with a dark head and neck with both the bill and legs pink. Rapid
wing beats in flight with skeins numbering thousands. Characteristic
"wink-wink" call.
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Greylag
(Anser anser) |
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Large
grey goose with uniform browny grey colour with an orange bill and pink
legs. Has a powerful flight with rapid wing beats. Has a deep nasal
call "ang-ang".
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Whitefront
(Anser albifrons) |
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A
medium goose with a brownish plumage. Has a white band a the base of
the bill and black barring on the underparts of the chest. Call is a
high pitched cackle.
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Canada
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Large
grey-brown goose with a black head and neck complete with a white chin
patch. Flight is strong and fast with a lot at low level. Usually calls
with a loud honking.
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Open
shooting seasons according to Section 2 (4)
(all dates inclusive) |
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| Geese and Duck listed in Schedule 2 Part1 | |
| In or over any area below the high water mark of ordinary spring tides | 1 Sept - 20 Feb |
| Elsewhere | 1 Sept - 31 Jan |
| Other species listed in Schedule 2 Part 1 | |
| Capercaillie | 1 Oct - 31 Jan |
| Coot | 1 Sept - 31 Jan |
| Moorhen | 1 Sept - 31 Jan |
| Common Snipe | 12 Aug - 31 Jan |
| Woodcock (England & Wales) | 1 Oct - 31 Jan |
| Woodcock (Scotland) | 1 Sept - 31 Jan |
The shooting of wildfowl on Christmas Day is
prohibited as is shooting on Sundays in some counties (or parts of counties).
In England and Wales these counties are Anglesey, Brecknock, Caernarvon, Carmarthen,
Cardigan, Cornwall, Denbigh, Devon, Doncaster, Glamorgan, Great Yarmouth County
Borough, Isle of Ely, Leeds County Borough, Merioneth, Norfolk, Pembroke,
Somerset, North and West Ridings of Yorkshire.