The Wild Birds (Special Protection in Severe Weather) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2010
The Wild Birds (Special Protection in Severe Weather) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2010
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Type: Scottish Statutory Instrument
Year: 2010
Number: 470
Made: 2010-12-23
Coming into force: 2010-12-24
Last ingested: 2026-06-12 from legislation.gov.uk.
Explanatory note
Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.
This Order creates a period of special protection for certain wild birds listed in Part I of Schedule 2 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 during which they are protected in the same manner as they are during the close season for those birds.
It is the third special protection order made in 2010. Earlier periods of protection in that year extended from 5th January to 18th January, and from 10th December to 23rd December.
This Order applies to Scotland only.