Scottish Terrestrial Breeding Bird Indicator

Scottish Terrestrial Breeding Bird Indicator

29 Nov 2018

Blackcap by John Dunn
The latest update of the Indicator for Terrestrial Breeding Birds in Scotland has just been published. More than 80% of woodland bird species have shown marked increases. Farmland birds are up 14%, whilst the trend for upland birds shows a decline of almost 20%. Chiffchaff and Blackcap show some of the largest increases, with Dotterel and Curlew showing serious falls in numbers. Read more here.

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