Research and statistics

Data collected since 2002 on hen harrier dispersal behaviour.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Natural England
• Updated: 25 April 2024

• Hen harrier tracking update: overview

  April 2024 update The table of tagged hen harriers shows the status of…

Statistics derived from the Wetland Birds Survey (WeBS) using data to 2023.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Joint Nature Conservation Committee statistical releases
• Organisation: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Updated: 25 April 2024

Trends of population indices for UK butterflies.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Joint Nature Conservation Committee statistical releases
• Organisation: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Updated: 22 March 2024

Trends of population indices for Turtle Dove in the UK and England, containing results from the Breeding Bird Survey

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Updated: 7 December 2023

Collection thresholds for dead wild birds with suspected bird flu (avian influenza).

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 29 September 2023

Trends of population indices for birds in the countries of the UK, containing results from the Breeding Bird Survey.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Joint Nature Conservation Committee statistical releases
• Organisation: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Updated: 25 May 2023

Population trends for UK bat species.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Joint Nature Conservation Committee statistical releases
• Organisation: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Updated: 18 May 2023

Statistics derived from the Wetland Birds Survey (WeBS) using data to 2022.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Joint Nature Conservation Committee statistical releases
• Organisation: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Updated: 27 April 2023

Trends of population indices for UK butterflies.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Joint Nature Conservation Committee statistical releases
• Organisation: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Updated: 24 March 2023

How to do river habitat surveys to assess rivers and streams.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 5 August 2022

Impacts of farming on the environment and mechanisms for improvement, plus future challenges and approaches.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: River basin planning: challenges for the water environment
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 7 April 2022

This report explains the benefits of the Natural Flood Management Programme and celebrates its successes.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 1 November 2021

The impacts of invasive non-native species on the water environment, current control measures and future challenges and approaches.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: River basin planning: challenges for the water environment
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 22 October 2021

This Stage 1 report reviews the impact of consents for energy Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) on Special Protection Areas (SPAs) - protected sites for birds.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 1 others
• Updated: 20 May 2021

Population trends for UK bat species.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Updated: 20 May 2021

Trends of population indices for birds in the countries of the UK, containing results from the Breeding Bird Survey (reduced set of species and England-only this year, due to Covid impacts on data collection in 2020)

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Updated: 13 May 2021

Statistics derived from the Wetland Birds Survey (WeBS) using data to 2020

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Updated: 15 April 2021

A study of wild roach in English rivers indicates that oestrogenic contaminants continue to occur at levels sufficient to produce a biological response in fish.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 30 October 2020

This publication reports on a range of environmental indicators for Northern Ireland and provides links to government strategies.

• Document type: National Statistics
• Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland)
• Updated: 28 May 2020

Population trends for UK bat species

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Updated: 14 May 2020