page_title: Game bird
hierarchical_section_title: Game bird
context_page_description: Game birds are wild birds which are hunted, killed and eaten by humans. It is a sport, and a way of getting food. It happens in most countries, but the details vary. Usually there are laws which govern the hunting. Usually, guns are used, and so there are gun laws. Also, regulations protect the birds' breeding season, so that another generation of birds will grow to replace the present generation.
  Although the birds are wild, most of them are "managed" if they live on estates. Of course, birds which migrate cannot be managed in the same way. Shooting game birds on Scottish estates is for them a major source of income. The managing consists of making sure there are enough birds for the next shooting season.
  In the UK game is defined in law by the Game Act 1831. It is illegal to shoot game on Sundays or at night. Other that are hunted for food in the UK are specified under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Forestry Commission have a big say in how the hunting is regulated.
  UK law defines game as including:
  Black grouse
  Red grouse
  Brown hare
  Ptarmigan
  Grey partridge and red-legged partridge
  Common pheasant
context_section_description: Game birds are wild birds which are hunted, killed and eaten by humans. It is a sport, and a way of getting food. It happens in most countries, but the details vary. Usually there are laws which govern the hunting. Usually, guns are used, and so there are gun laws. Also, regulations protect the birds' breeding season, so that another generation of birds will grow to replace the present generation.
  Although the birds are wild, most of them are "managed" if they live on estates. Of course, birds which migrate cannot be managed in the same way. Shooting game birds on Scottish estates is for them a major source of income. The managing consists of making sure there are enough birds for the next shooting season.
  In the UK game is defined in law by the Game Act 1831. It is illegal to shoot game on Sundays or at night. Other (non-game birds) that are hunted for food in the UK are specified under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the Forestry Commission have a big say in how the hunting is regulated.
  UK law defines game as including:
  Black grouse (No longer hunted due to decline in numbers)
  Red grouse
  Brown hare
  Ptarmigan
  Grey partridge and red-legged partridge
  Common pheasant
  Duck, including mallard, tufted duck, teal, pintail and pochard
  Goose, including greylag goose, Canada goose, pink-footed goose and in England and Wales white-fronted goose
  Wood pigeon
  Woodcock
  Snipe
  Golden plover
caption: Game birds at Borough Market in London
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