Birds: Gun Sports
Commons · Question 104335 · Tabled 8 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the current period of prolonged frost and frozen ground on the ability of woodcock to feed; and whether she intends t
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 14 Jan 2026
Managed by JNCC, the Severe Weather Scheme is designed to help with the conservation of birds listed at Schedule 2 Part 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, including woodcock, by reducing disturbance during periods of prolonged cold weather throug...