Current status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 8 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates that it will publish its response to NatureScot’s review of the bird species on schedule 2 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
The Scottish Government has reviewed the findings from NatureScot’s assessment of bird species listed on Schedule 2 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. We are now preparing a consultation on proposed changes to Schedule 2. This consultation will be published alongside NatureScot’s report in due course.