Since 1999, these reports have provided an annual overview of the status of bird populations in the UK and its Overseas Territories. They include trends for as many of the UK’s regularly occurring species as possible.
SUKB reports on the latest assessment of the status of the UK’s breeding and non-breeding bird species. These are listed in Birds of Conservation Concern 4 (BoCC4), published in December 2015. Species were assessed against a set of objective criteria in order to be placed on the Green, Amber or Red lists – indicating increasing levels of conservation concern.
More than a quarter of the UK’s bird species are now on the Red list, and in this report we highlight some of the species that have been reclassified since the last review in 2009, as well as those groups of species for which there are particular concerns.
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The State of the UK's Birds 2020
Author: Burns, F., Eaton, M.A., Balmer, D.E., Banks, A., Caldow, R., Donelan, J.L., Douse, A., Duigan, C., Foster, S., Frost, T., Grice, P.V., Hall, C., Hanmer, H.J., Harris, S.J., Johnstone, I., Lindley, P., McCulloch, N., Noble, D.G., Risely, K., Robinson, R.A. & Wotton, S.
Published: 2020
The State of UK’s Birds reports have provided an periodic overview of the status of the UK’s breeding and non-breeding bird species in the UK and its Overseas Territories since 1999. This year’s ...
17.12.20
Reports State of the UK's Birds
The State of the UK's Birds 2017
Author: Hayhow D.B., Ausden M.A., Bradbury R.B., Burnell D., Copeland A.I., Crick H.Q.P., Eaton M.A., Frost T., Grice P.V., Hall C., Harris S.J., Morecroft M.D., Noble D.G., Pearce-Higgins J.W., Watts O., Williams J.M.
Published: 2017
05.12.17
Reports State of the UK's Birds
The State of the UK's Birds 2016
Author: Hayhow D.B., Bond A.L., Douse A., Eaton M.A., Frost T., Grice P.V., Hall C., Harris, S.J., Havery S., Hearn R.D., Noble D.G., Oppel S., Williams J., Win I. and Wotton S.
Published: 2017
The main theme of The State of the UK’s Birds report (SUKB) 2016 is the latest Birds of Conservation Concern 4 list – BoCC4 published in 2015 - and the species whose status has changed. The increase ...
11.04.17
Reports State of the UK's Birds
The State of the UK's Birds 2015
Author: Hayhow D.B., Bond A.L., Eaton M.A., Grice P.V., Hall C., Hall J., Harris S.J., Hearn R.D., Holt C.A., Noble D.G., Stroud D.A. and Wotton S.
Published: 2016
The two main themes of The State of the UK’s Birds report (SUKB) 2015 are farmland birds (illustrated by this year’s cover of a Lapwing) - a group that as a whole continues to decline, and how strong ...
11.04.16
Reports State of the UK's Birds
The State of the UK's Birds 2014
Author: Hayhow D.B., Conway G., Eaton M.A., Grice P.V., Hall C., Holt C.A., Kuepfer A., Noble D.G., Oppel S., Risely K., Stringer C., Stroud D.A., Wilkinson N. and Wotton S.
Published: 2015
10.04.15
Reports State of the UK's Birds
The State of the UK's Birds 2013
Author: Eaton, M.A., Balmer, D.E., Bright, J., Cuthbert, R., Grice, P.V., Hall, C., Hayhow, D.B., Hearn, R.D., Holt, C.A., Knipe, A., Mavor, R., Noble, D.G., Oppel ,S., Risely, K., Stroud, D.A. & Wotton, S.
Published: 2014
10.04.14
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