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SEGEN 13
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
Licence to Take Eggs of the Mallard Duck (Anas Platyrhynchos) for Incubation
Purpose
The purpose of this licence is to allow the eggs of Mallard Ducks to be taken and incubated, in order to replenish stocks of Mallard for wildfowl collections when the natural renewal of those stocks is threatened by severe weather conditions. It permits:
a) any authorised person to take eggs of the Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos), before 31 March, for the purpose of incubation, to assist in the successful rearing of birds which otherwise would have been unlikely to withstand adverse weather conditions;
b) any authorised person to have in their possession such an egg and any bird hatched from such an egg, to assist in the successful rearing of birds which otherwise would have been unlikely to withstand adverse weather conditions.
Proposed Conditions
1. Eggs may only be taken by hand.
2. No eggs shall be taken after 31 March in any year.
3. Any live bird hatched from an egg taken under this licence, unless it is disabled or has died, shall be released to the wild not later than the 31 July in the year in which the egg was taken.
4. Every effort must be made to ensure that any bird hatched from an egg taken and incubated under the terms of this licence does not become imprinted or otherwise rendered unfit, as a consequence of being in captivity, for subsequent release back into the wild.
5. Neither the eggs, nor any birds hatched from the eggs, taken under the provisions of this licence, may be sold, hired, bartered or exchanged.
Definition
8. "Authorised person" has the same meaning as in Section 27 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
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