Sentences with phrase «shot over wetland»

Britain has already made the use of lead shot over wetland areas illegal but it continues to be used instead of the steel alternative in 70 % of cases, bird protection groups have argued.

Most shooting in the UK involves walking between areas of woodland looking for game birds, often without any shooting over wetlands.

«However, the definition of a wetland is so broad that hunters would be criminalised for carrying lead cartridges over any wetland, including field ditches and streams, even if they were otherwise acting lawfully and not shooting lead shot over wetlands.

Not exact matches

However, having consulted on the SSSIs that are listed to qualify as wetland SSSIs, BASC can see no justification to put in place a site - wide ban on the use of lead shot over this proposed SSSI.