BTO: The State Of The UK’s Birds

BTO har udgivet “The State Of The UK’s Birds” og der er flere spændende såvel som nedslående resultater derfra. Nogle af dem ser du herunder og for de listefikserede danskere, så er det sidste punkt måske specielt af interesse:

19 million fewer pairs of breeding birds in the UK compared to the late 1960s
92 % increase in House Sparrows in Wales from 1995 to 2018
27 % drop in woodland birds over the long term
10.7 million pairs of House Sparrows have been lost since 1966
The Willow Tit is the UK’s fastest declining resident bird
Grey Wagtails are down 43% since 1970
Wrynecks no longer breed in the UK
Hobby numbers have increased 568% since 1973
Curlews could be extinct as breeding birds in Wales in 13 years
814 % increase in Cirl Buntings thanks to targeted conservation
Dartford Warblers are up 244% since 1973 but hard winters have halted this increase

BTO: The State Of The UK’s Birds