ENGLAND AND WALES
Game for the purposes of this section means pheasant, partridge, red grouse, black grouse and hare.
No game may be killed or taken in any county on Sunday or Christmas Day.
Before the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 orders prohibiting the shooting of wildfowl on Sundays were made under sections 2 and 13 of the Protection of Birds Act 1954. Those still in existence are in the following counties (or parts of counties in existence before the 1974 local authority re-organisation):
Anglesey, Brecknock, Caernarvon, Carmarthen, Cardigan, Cornwall, Denbigh, Devon, Doncaster, Glamorgan, Great Yarmouth County Borough, Isle of Ely, Leeds County Borough, Merioneth, Norfolk, Pembroke, Somerset, North and West Ridings of Yorkshire.
SCOTLAND
There are no statutory restrictions on the killing of game on Sunday or Christmas Day but it is not customary to do so. Wildfowl may not be shot on Sunday or Christmas Day.
NORTHERN IRELAND
All wild birds are protected on Sundays and Christmas Day, under the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order1985. No deer, rabbit or game may be shot on a Sunday or Christmas Day.
ISLE OF MAN
The killing or taking of game is not permitted on Sunday. There are no restrictions on shooting on Christmas Day unless it falls on a Sunday.
GUERNSEY
Shooting is not permitted on Sunday or Christmas Day.
JERSEY
The use of a firearm to kill any wild bird or animal is not permitted on Sunday, Good Friday and Christmas Day unless acting under and in accordance with the terms or conditions of a licence.
