The Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (England) Regulations 1999
These Regulations (“the Regulations”), which apply to England only, prohibit the use of lead shot for shooting with a shot gun–on or over any area below the high-water mark;on or over the sites of special scientific interest included in Schedule 1 to the Regulations;any wild bird included in Schedule 2 to the Regulations. These birds are ducks, geese and swans (all species of each); coot; moorhen; golden plover and common snipe (regulation 3).