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The Birds Directive (formally known as Council Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds) is the oldest piece of EU legislation on the environment and one of its cornerstones [1] which was unanimously adopted in April 1979 as the Directive 79/409/EEC. Amended in 2009, it became the Directive 2009/147/EC.
The UK ratified the convention and adopted the European Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (among other directives). [ 4 ] European Directive 79/409/EC on the Conservation of Wild Birds was adopted on 2 April 1979.
A special protection area (SPA) is a designation under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.Under the Directive, Member States of the European Union (EU) have a duty to safeguard the habitats of migratory birds and certain particularly threatened birds.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds manages the site for upland birds such as the hen harrier and black grouse. The reserve is within a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) called Geltsdale & Glendue Fells. Along with other SSSIs in the North Pennines, it is designated a Special Protection Area under the Birds Directive.
European Protected Species (EPS) are species of plants and animals (other than birds) protected by law throughout the European Union. They are listed in Annexes II and IV of the European Habitats Directive. The lists include several hundred species of plants and animals. They do not include any fungi, lichens or birds.
At least 435,000 birds, including warblers and blackcaps, were slaughtered by trappers in the autumn of 2023, BirdLife Cyprus, Britain's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the ...
Breckland in Norfolk and Suffolk is a 39,433 hectare Special Protection Area (SPA) under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. [1] [2] The SPA partly overlaps the 7,544 hectare Breckland Special Area of Conservation. [3] [4] As a landscape region it is an unusual natural habitat of England.
Member States of the European Union are obliged by virtue of Council Directive 2009/147/EC [7] on the conservation of wild birds (popularly called the Birds Directive) to take the requisite measures for the protection of the red grouse; but as it is a species to which Annex II of the Directive applies, Article 7 permits hunting under national ...