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Hunting seasons · 2026/2027 · Updated

European golden plover hunting seasons

European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria): the open season in every country HunTracker covers, by sex and age class.

CountrySex / age classOpen season
France1Both sexes2 –
United KingdomBoth sexes3 –

Notes

  1. France: National framework (Code de l’environnement); each département’s prefectural order sets the actual dates. General opening shown for 2026–27 as the third Sunday of September; earlier in much of the south and in Corsica.
  2. France: On inland waters and marshes; on the maritime public domain from the first Saturday of August.
  3. United Kingdom: Dates open in every UK nation where the species is quarry. A nation may allow a longer season.

Sources

France
Office français de la biodiversité (OFB) / Ministère de la Transition écologique
Code de l'environnement, art. R424-4 à R424-9 ; arrêtés ministériels du 24 mars 2006 et du 19 janvier 2009
United Kingdom
BASC / legislation.gov.uk
Deer Act 1991; Game Act 1831; Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Order 1984, as amended 2023; Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985

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