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THE POPULATION STATUS OF BIRDS IN THE UK

Birds of Conservation Concern: 2002-2007

AMBER LIST SPECIES
- MEDIUM CONSERVATION CONCERN -

Amber List Criteria

Species
HDrec
BDMp
BDMr
WDMp
SPEC
2 or 3
BR
BL
WL
BI
WI
Red-throated diver  
*
   
*
         
Black-throated diver        
*
*
       
Great northern diver                  
*
Red-necked grebe          
*
 
*
   
Slavonian grebe  
*
     
*
       
Black-necked grebe          
*
       
Fulmar            
*
     
Manx shearwater        
*
 
*
 
*
 
Storm petrel        
*
 
*
     
Leech's petrel        
*
 
*
 
*
 
Gannet        
*
 
*
 
*
 
Cormorant            
*
   
*
Shag          
*
 
*
 
Little egret          
*
       
Spoonbill        
*
*
       
Mute swan                
*
 
Bewick's swan        
*
   
*
 
*
Whooper swan          
*
 
*
 
*
Bean goose              
*
   
Pink-footed goose              
*
 
*
White-fronted goose      
E
     
*
 
G
Greylag goose            
*
*
 
*
Barnacle goose        
*
   
*
 
*
Brent goose        
*
   
*
 
*
Shelduck              
*
 
*
Wigeon              
*
 
*
Gadwall        
*
 
*
   
*
Teal                  
*
Pintail        
*
*
 
*
 
*
Garganey        
*
*
       
Shoveler                  
*
Pochard                  
*
Scaup        
*
*
 
*
   
Eider              
*
   
Long-tailed duck              
*
   
Velvet scoter        
*
   
*
   
Goldeneye          
*
 
*
   
Honey buzzard          
*
       
Red kite
*
       
       
Marsh harrier
*
       
*
       
Montagu's harrier    
*
   
*
       
Golden eagle        
*
         
Osprey
*
     
*
*
       
Kestrel
*
   
*
         
Merlin
*
                 
Peregrine        
*
         
Red grouse  
*
               
Water rail    
*
             
Spotted crake          
*
       
Crane        
*
*
       
Oystercatcher              
*
*
*
Avocet        
*
 
*
*
   
Ringed plover      
*
         
*
Dotterel            
*
     
Grey plover              
*
 
*
Lapwing  
*
             
*
Knot        
*
   
*
 
*
Temminck's stint          
*
       
Purple sandpiper          
*
     
*
Dunlin      
*
*
 
*
*
 
*
Ruff          
*
 
*
   
Snipe  
*(1)
               
Woodcock  
*(1)
*
 
*
         
Bar-tailed godwit        
*
   
*
 
*
Whimbrel        
 
*
*
   
Curlew        
*
     
*
*
Spotted redshank              
*
   
Redshank  
*(1)
   
*
       
*
Green sandpiper        
*
       
Wood sandpiper        
*
*
       
Turnstone                  
*
Great skua            
*
 
*
 
Mediterranean gull          
*
       
Black-headed gull  
*
       
*
     
Common gull  
*
   
*
 
*
     
Lesser black-backed gull  
       
*
 
*
 
Herring gull  
*(1)
       
*
     
Kittiwake            
*
     
Sandwich tern        
*
 
*
     
Arctic tern  
*
               
Little tern  
*
   
*
 
*
     
Guillemot                
*
 
Razorbill            
*
 
*
 
Black guillemot        
*
 
     
Puffin        
*
 
*
     
Stock dove                
*
 
Cuckoo  
*
               
Barn owl    
*
 
*
         
Short-eared owl        
*
         
Kingfisher        
*
         
Green woodpecker        
*
         
Sand martin        
*
         
Swallow        
*
         
House martin  
*
               
Tree pipit  
*(1)
               
Meadow pipit  
*(1)
               
Yellow wagtail  
*
               
Grey wagtail  
*
               
Dunnock  
*
               
Nightingale    
*
             
Bluethroat          
*
       
Black redstart          
*
       
Redstart        
*
         
Stonechat        
*
         
Fieldfare  
*
     
*
       
Redwing          
*
       
Mistle thrush  
*
               
Dartford warbler
*
     
*
 
*
     
Wood warbler  
*
               
Willow warbler  
*
               
Goldcrest  
*(1)
               
Firecrest          
*
       
Bearded tit            
*
     
Golden oriole          
*
     
Chough        
*
 
*
     
Serin          
*
       
Lesser redpoll  
*(1)
           
*
 
Parrot crossbill          
*
       
Common rosefinch          
*
       
Hawfinch    
*
             
Snow bunting          
*
       

E = European white-fronted goose subspecies only
G = Greenland white-fronted goose subspecies only
(1) = decline >50% but trend provisional
or possibly unrepresentative of the UK

AMBER LIST CRITERIA
HDrec Historical population decline during 1800-1995, but recovering: population size has more than doubled over last 25 years
BDMp Moderate (25-49%) decline in UK breeding population over last 25 years
BDMr Moderate (25-49%) contraction of UK breeding range over last 25 years
WDMp Moderate (25-49%) decline in UK non-breeding population over last 25 years
SPEC
2 or 3
Species with unfavourable conservation status in Europe
(SPEC = Species of European Conservation Concern)
BR Five-year mean of 1-300 breeding pairs in UK
BL >50% of UK breeding population in 10 or fewer sites, but not BR
WL >50% of UK non-breeding population in 10 or fewer sites
BI >20% of European breeding population in UK
WI >20% of NW European (wildfowl), East Atlantic Flyway (waders) or European (others) non-breeding populations in UK

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