e-Digest Statistics about: Wildlife
List of reports
Reports about bird populations in United Kingdom
A copy of the research paper by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) regarding habitat specific indicators is available in PDF format from the link below:
Preliminary BBS-based habitat-specific indicators for wild bird populations: 1994-2002. Download PDF (150kb)
A copy of the procedures for taking into account invasive and declining species in the indicators are set out in the paper completed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) which is available in PDF format from the link below:
Approaches to dealing with disappearing and invasive species in the UK's indicators of wild birds populations. Download PDF (150kb)
The UK index of wild bird populations is one of the Government's key indicators for sustainable development in the UK.
Research report: Regional Wild Bird Indicators for The English Regions: 1994-2005 (internet pages), Published 15 March 2007
A copy of the research report regarding the generation of confidence intervals for the wild bird indicators completed by the RSPB and BTO is available in PDF format from the link below:
Generation of Confidence Intervals for Wild Bird Indicators, March 2005 PDF (17 Pages 270kb)
In Detail:
Further Information:
- Key Facts:
- Priority species and habitats
- Changes in farmland bird populations
- Changes in woodland bird populations
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Page last modified: 15 March 2007
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