A decade of change in our bird populations 

Over the last decade, rare birds in the UK have been faring far better than their more common counterparts, according to the latest assessment produced by the UK’s leading conservation organisations. The overview of 210 native breeding birds has been produced by a coalition of conservation organisations, including JNCC, to celebrate the publication of the State of the UK’s Birds report which this year enjoys its tenth anniversary.

The research shows that almost 60 per cent of the 63 rare birds that breed in the UK have increased over the last ten years compared with only just over one third of common species.  Contrastingly, only 28 per cent of the UK’s rare birds have decreased over the same period, compared four out of every ten common birds.