Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order, 2003
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order, 2003.
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paragraphs: In this Order the “Principal Order” means the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order, 1979 ( S.I. No. 192 of 1979 ) as amended.
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paragraphs: 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
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(2)
(3)
Red Grouse
The period beginning on the 1st day of September in each year and ending on the 30th 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 1st day of September in each year and ending on the 31st day of January in the year immediately following that year.
Throughout the State.
Red-legged Partridge
The period beginning on the 1st day of November in each year and ending on the 31st day of January in the year immediately
Throughout the State.
Cock Pheasant Woodcock
The period beginning on the 1st day of November in each year and ending on the 31st day of January in the year immediately following that year.
Throughout the State.
Curlew
The period beginning on the 1st day of November in each year and ending on the 30th day of November in the same year.
Throughout the State.
Woodpigeon
The period commencing on the 1st day of November in each year and ending on the 31st day of January immediately following that year.
Throughout the State.
Canada Goose
The period beginning on the 1st day of September in each year and ending on the 15th day of October in the same year.
Throughout the State.
Canada Goose
The period beginning on the 16th day of October in each year and ending on the 31st 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 1st day of September in each year and ending on the 15th day of October in the same year.
Throughout the State.
Greylag Goose
The period beginning on the 16th day of October in each year and ending on the 31st 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 1st day of September in each year and ending on the 31st day of January in the year immediately following that year.
Throughout the State.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government this 3rd day of September, 2003
Martin Cullen, T.D.,
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)
The effect of this Order is to amend the Open Seasons list of huntable species of wild birds by providing a season for the hunting of Wood Pigeon. Thereafter the season for Wood Pigeon will begin on the 1st day of November in each year (including 2003) and end on the 31st day of January in the year immediately following.