Ingredient: UK game list
Category: Game
Season: Seasonal
In the UK game is defined in law by the Game Act 1831.
It is illegal to shoot game on Sundays or at night.
Other (non-game birds) that are hunted for food in the UK are specified under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
UK law defines game as including:
Black grouse
Red grouse
Brown hare
Ptarmigan
Grey partridge (and red-legged partridge)
Common pheasant
Deer are not included in the definition, but similar controls provided to those in the Game Act apply to deer (from the Deer Act 1991).
Deer hunted in the UK are:
Red deer
Roe deer
Fallow deer
Sika deer
Muntjac deer
Chinese water deer and hybrids of these deer
Other animals which are hunted in the UK include:
Duck, including Mallard, Tufted Duck, Teal, Pintail and Pochard
Goose, including Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Pink-footed Goose and in England and Wales White-fronted Goose
Wood pigeon
Woodcock
Snipe
Rabbit
Golden Plover
Note:Capercaillie are not currently hunted in the UK, because of a recent decline in numbers and conservation projects towards their recovery. The ban is generally considered voluntary on private lands, and few birds live away from RSPB or Forestry Commission land anyway. |