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Species included in categories A, B & C Scientific name Race Category 1 Mute Swan Cygnus olor -- A / C1 2 Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii A >> Tundra Swan columbianus -- 3 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus -- A 4 Bean Goose Anser fabalis fabilis A >> Tundra Bean Goose rossicus -- 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus -- A 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris A >> Russian White-fronted Goose albifrons -- 7 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus -- A 8 Greylag Goose Anser anser anser A / C1 9 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens caerulescens A / D1 >> Greater Snow Goose atlanticus -- 10 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii A 11 Canada Goose Branta canadensis canadensis A / C1 >> Todd's Canada Goose interior -- 12 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis -- A / C1 13 Brent Goose Branta bernicla hrota A >> Dark-bellied Brent Goose bernicla -- >> Black Brant nigricans -- 14 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea -- B / D1 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna -- A 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata -- C1 17 Wigeon Anas penelope -- A 18 American Wigeon Anas americana -- A 19 Gadwall Anas strepera -- A 20 Baikal Teal Anas formosa -- A / D1 21 Teal Anas crecca crecca A 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis -- A 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos A / C1 24 American Black Duck Anas rubripes -- A 25 Pintail Anas acuta acuta A 26 Garganey Anas querquedula -- A 27 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors -- A 28 Shoveler Anas clypeata -- A 29 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina -- A 30 Pochard Aythya ferina -- A 31 Redhead Aythya americana -- A 32 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris -- A 33 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca -- A 34 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula -- A 35 Scaup Aythya marila marila A 36 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis -- A 37 Eider Somateria mollissima mollissima A >> Northern Eider borealis -- >> Dresser's Eider dresseri -- 38 King Eider Somateria spectabilis -- A 39 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis -- A 40 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra -- A 41 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata -- A 42 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca -- A 43 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi stejnegeri A 44 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola -- A 45 Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica -- A 46 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula clangula A 47 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus -- A / D1 48 Smew Mergellus albellus -- A 49 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator -- A 50 Goosander Mergus merganser merganser A 51 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis jamaicensis C1 / C2 52 Quail Coturnix coturnix coturnix A 53 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica A 54 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus urogallus B 55 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix perdix A / C1 56 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus colchicus C1 >> Ring-necked Pheasant torquatus -- 57 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata -- A 58 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica arctica A 59 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica -- A 60 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer -- A 61 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii -- A 62 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris -- A 63 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis glacialis A 64 Fea’s / Zino's Petrel Pterodroma feae / madeira n/a A 65 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii -- A 66 Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea -- A 67 Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis -- A 68 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus -- A 69 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus -- A 70 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus -- A 71 Macaronesian Shearwater Puffinus baroli baroli A 72 Wilson’s Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus exasperatus A 73 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus pelagicus A 74 Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa leucorhoa A 75 Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma monorhis -- A 76 Madeiran / Cape Verde / Monteiro’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma castro / jabejabe / monteiroi † (see note below) B 77 Gannet Morus bassanus -- A 78 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo carbo A >> Continental Cormorant sinensis -- 79 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus not determined A 80 Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis aristotelis A 81 Frigatebird sp. Fregata sp. n/a A 82 Bittern Botaurus stellaris stellaris A 83 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus -- A 84 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus minutus A 85 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax A 86 Green Heron Butorides virescens -- A 87 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides -- A 88 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis ibis A 89 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea -- A 90 Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta A 91 Great White Egret Ardea alba alba A 92 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea cinerea A 93 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea purpurea A 94 Black Stork Ciconia nigra -- A 95 White Stork Ciconia ciconia ciconia A 96 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus -- A 97 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia leucorodia A 98 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps not determined A 99 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis ruficollis A 100 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus cristatus A 101 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena grisegena A 102 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus auritus A 103 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis nigricollis A 104 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus -- A 105 Black Kite Milvus migrans migrans A 106 Red Kite Milvus milvus milvus A / C2 107 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla -- A / C2 / D4 108 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus not determined A 109 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus fulvus B 110 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus A 111 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus cyaneus A >> Northern Harrier hudsonius -- 112 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus -- A 113 Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus -- A 114 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis gentilis A >> American Goshawk atricapillus -- 115 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus nisus A 116 Buzzard Buteo buteo buteo A 117 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus lagopus A >> Rough-legged Hawk sanctijohannis -- 118 Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga -- B 119 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos A / D4 120 Osprey Pandion haliaetus haliaetus A 121 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus aquaticus A 122 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana -- A 123 Sora Porzana carolina -- A 124 Little Crake Porzana parva -- B 125 Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla intermedia A 126 Corncrake Crex crex -- A 127 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus chloropus A 128 Coot Fulica atra atra A 129 American Coot Fulica americana not determined A 130 Crane Grus grus -- A 131 Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis canadensis B 132 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax -- B 133 Great Bustard Otis tarda tarda B 134 Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus oedicnemus A 135 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus himantopus A 136 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta -- A 137 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus A 138 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica -- A 139 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva -- A 140 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria -- A 141 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola -- A 142 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius -- A 143 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus -- A 144 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius curonicus A 145 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula A >> Tundra Ringed Plover tundrae -- 146 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus -- A 147 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus vociferus A 148 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus alexandrinus A / E 149 Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus mongolus or stegmanni A 150 Dotterel Charadrius morinellus -- A 151 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda -- A 152 Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis -- B 153 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus -- A 154 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus A 155 Curlew Numenius arquata arquata A 156 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa islandica A >> European Black-tailed Godwit limosa -- 157 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica lapponica A 158 Turnstone Arenaria interpres interpres A 159 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris -- A 160 Knot Calidris canutus islandica A >> Siberian Knot canutus -- 161 Ruff Calidris pugnax -- A 162 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata -- A 163 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus falcinellus A 164 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea -- A 165 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus -- A 166 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis -- A 167 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta -- A 168 Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii -- A 169 Sanderling Calidris alba -- A 170 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina A >> Schiøler's Dunlin arctica -- >> Schinz's Dunlin schinzii -- 171 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima -- A 172 Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii -- A 173 Little Stint Calidris minuta -- A 174 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis -- A 175 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla -- A 176 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis -- A 177 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos -- A 178 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri -- A 179 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla -- A 180 Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor -- A 181 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus -- A 182 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius -- A 183 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus -- A 184 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos -- A 185 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius -- A 186 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus -- A 187 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria not determined A 188 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus -- A 189 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca -- A 190 Greenshank Tringa nebularia -- A 191 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes -- A 192 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis -- A 193 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola -- A 194 Redshank Tringa totanus totanus A >> Icelandic Redshank robusta -- 195 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus -- A 196 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus not determined A 197 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus -- A 198 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola -- A 199 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago gallinago A >> Faeroe Snipe faeroeensis
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  • Driven Grouse Shooting

    Driven Grouse Shooting

    Driven grouse shooting RSPB Council updated our previous policy on driven grouse shooting in October 2020. Our policy is to support licensing of driven grouse shooting across the UK, following expected progress on this issue in Scotland in 2020. Unless substantial progress (including effective licensing, stopping raptor killing, cessation of burning on peat soils, and banning use of lead ammunition) is made in reforming driven grouse shooting by 2025 in line with RSPB principles for sustainable gamebird shooting, we will consequently call on governments to introduce a specific ban on driven grouse shooting. Background Driven grouse shooting is defined as where shooters sit in lines of grouse butts on open moorland, and red grouse are then driven by beaters and dogs over the guns to shoot. The activity usually involves shooting large grouse “bags” (where large numbers of grouse are shot in a day). It is a unique hunting type to the UK (mainly England and Scotland) and shooters will pay large sums of money for a day’s shooting. Typically, gamekeepers are employed to kill predators that eat grouse; heather is burned to create young heather (the main foodplant of red grouse); and other additional management techniques are employed to produce as many red grouse as possible for shooting. The red grouse shooting season opens on the 12 August (“the Glorious Twelfth”). The alternative walked up grouse shooting involves a small number of shooters accompanied by dogs. They generally take small and sustainable numbers of grouse, as walked up shooting is more about the hunting experience. This is much less of a conservation issue for us.