Without prejudice to Articles 7 and 9, Member States shall take the requisite measures to establish a general system of protection for all species of birds referred to in Article 1, prohibiting in particular:

(a)

deliberate killing or capture by any method;

(b)

deliberate destruction of, or damage to, their nests and eggs or removal of their nests;

(c)

taking their eggs in the wild and keeping these eggs even if empty;

(d)

deliberate disturbance of these birds particularly during the period of breeding and rearing, in so far as disturbance would be significant having regard to the objectives of this Directive;

(e)

keeping birds of species the hunting and capture of which is prohibited.