Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order, 2003 (S.I. No. 394 of 2003)

Irish Statute Book file:///D/HTML/ire89247.htm[15.01.2025 17:59:13] S.I. No. 394/2003 — Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order, 2003 STATUTORY INSTRUMENT S.I. No. 394 of 2003 WILDLIFE (WILD BIRDS) (OPEN SEASONS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 2003 Dublin Published by the Stationery Office S.I. No. 394 of 2003 WILDLIFE (WILD BIRDS) (OPEN SEASONS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 2003 I, Martin Cullen, Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Sections 8(2) of the Wildlife Acts, 1976 ( No. 39 of 1976 ) and 2000 ( No. 30 of 2000 ), and the Heritage (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 2002 ( S.I. No. 356 of 2002 ), hereby order as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order, 2003. 2. In this Order the “Principal Order” means the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order, 1979 ( S.I. No. 192 of 1979 ) as amended. 3. 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 (1) (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. file:///2002/en/si/0356.html file:///2002/en/si/0356.html Irish Statute Book file:///D/HTML/ire89247.htm[15.01.2025 17:59:13] 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 The counties of Irish Statute Book file:///D/HTML/ire89247.htm[15.01.2025 17:59:13] October in each year and ending on the 31st day of January in the year immediately following that year. 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. © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the House of the Oireachtas Irish Statute Book file:///D/HTML/ire89247.htm[15.01.2025 17:59:13]