Population indices up to 2009 are published today for native breeding farmland birds, woodland birds, water and wetland birds, seabirds and wintering waterbirds for England and the UK as a whole.
Bird populations are considered to be a good indicator of the broad state of wildlife because birds occupy a wide range of habitats, they tend to be near or at the top of food chains and there are considerable long-term data on changes in bird population which helps in the interpretation of shorter term fluctuations.
- Please see the wild bird populations in England 2009 statistical release (PDF 390 KB) and;
- wild bird populations in the UK 2009 statistical release (PDF 400 KB)