The State of the UK’s Birds reports provide a periodic overview of the status of bird populations in the UK and its Overseas Territories. The first report was published in 1999.
The reports include trends for as many of the UK’s regularly occurring species as possible. These species are listed in Birds of Conservation Concern, which assesses birds against a set of objective criteria and places them on the Green, Amber or Red lists, indicating increasing levels of conservation concern.
More than a quarter of the UK’s bird species are now on the Red List. The State of the UK’s Birds highlights some of the species that have been recently reclassified, as well as the groups of species for which there are particular concerns
Who the report is produced by
SUKB is produced by a coalition of three non-governmental organisations (NGOs) – the RSPB, BTO and the WWT – and the UK Government’s statutory nature conservation agencies – Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Natural England (NE), Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC).
Previous reports
- The State of the UK’s Birds 2020
- The State of the UK’s Birds 2017
- The State of the UK’s Birds 2016
- The State of the UK’s Birds 2015
- The State of the UK’s Birds 2014
- The State of the UK’s Birds 2013
- The State of the UK’s Birds 2012
- The State of the UK’s Birds 2011
- The State of the UK’s Birds 2010
- The State of the UK’s Birds 2008
- The State of the UK’s Birds 2007
- The State of the UK’s Birds 2006
- The State of the UK’s Birds 2005
- The State of the UK’s Birds 2004
- The State of the UK’s Birds 2003