Hunting seasons · 2026/2027 · Updated
Red grouse hunting seasons
Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica): the open season in every country HunTracker covers, by sex and age class.
Notes
- Ireland: Red grouse are open in September only.
- Malta: On land: Monday to Saturday from two hours before sunrise to two hours after sunset, but only until 7 pm from 15 September to 7 October; Sundays and public holidays only until 1 pm.
- Malta: The Irish and Scottish red grouse subspecies are both listed.
- United Kingdom: Dates open in every UK nation where the species is quarry. A nation may allow a longer season.
Sources
- Ireland
- National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS)
Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) Order 1979 (S.I. No. 192 of 1979), First Schedule Part 1 as substituted by the Wildlife (Wild Birds) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 421 of 2023, Iris Oifigiúil 29 August 2023); Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 550 of 2005), Schedule as substituted by the Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 66 of 2024, Iris Oifigiúil 1 March 2024), made under the Wildlife Act 1976 - Malta
- Wild Birds Regulation Unit (WBRU)
Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations (S.L. 549.42, L.N. 79 of 2006 as amended to L.N. 251 of 2025), regulation 19 and Schedule II; Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration of the Autumn Hunting Season for Turtle Dove) Regulations, 2021 (L.N. 341 of 2021); Protection of Wild Rabbit Regulations (S.L. 549.90, L.N. 207 of 2014 as amended); all under the Environment Protection Act (Cap. 549) - 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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