Wild bird populations 2009
Bird populations are considered to be a good indicator of the broad state of wildlife because birds occupy a wide range of habitats.
Population indices up to 2009 are published today for native breeding farmland birds, woodland birds, water and wetland birds, seabirds and wintering waterbirds for England and the UK as a whole.
Bird populations are considered to be a good indicator of the broad state of wildlife because birds occupy a wide range of habitats, they tend to be near or at the top of food chains and there are considerable long-term data on changes in bird population which helps in the interpretation of shorter term fluctuations.
- Please see the wild bird populations in England 2009 statistical release (PDF 390 KB) and;
- wild bird populations in the UK 2009 statistical release (PDF 400 KB)