Simon Butler
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Professor of Applied Ecology | University of East Anglia | Bird ecology & conservation | Soundscapes | Acoustic ecology
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The Guardian
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· 15d
Wild bird numbers continue to fall in UK with some species in ‘dramatic freefall’
Species index fell by 4% between 2019 and 2024 – although government data shows woodland populations beginning to stabilise
Wild bird species face an accelerating decline in the UK, new figures show, with some species heading for local extinction.
Bird numbers have plummeted since the 1970s, and new government data shows that trend continuing; between 2019 and 2024 the species index declined in the UK by 4% and England by 7%. Continue reading...
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Arjun Amar
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· Aug 6
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Cat Morrison
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· May 19
Here we present the results of the analysis of synchrony in annual population count, productivity, and survival for 26 species across 995 sites monitored from 1998 to 2019 under the European Constant Effort Scheme (CES) (Morrison et al. in prep.).
synchrony.uea.ac.uk
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