Numbers of linnets, greenfinches, reed buntings, wintering geese and diving ducks have all dropped.
The RSPB s State of the UK s Birds 2020 combines the latest results from bird surveys and monitoring studies.
This report covers the whole of the UK and collates data from surveys and helps to put this monitoring and the fortunes of Northern Ireland s birds into context with other regions.
This year s report highlights the poor fortunes of seed-eating birds and some of the geese and diving duck species that spend the winter in Northern Ireland.
Linnets, lesser redpolls and reed buntings declined by 52%, 53% and 23% respectively between 2008 and 2018.
Parasitic jaeger / Arctic skua / parasitic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) flying over tundra. (Photo by: Arterra/UIG via Getty Images). ONE of Scotland’s rarest seabirds requires urgent action to halt its decline, according to a new report published yesterday. Arctic skuas are known as the “pirates of the seabird world” because they steal their food from other birds. The birds, which breed only in Scotland in the UK, take advantage of the diving skills of other seabirds to catch small fish such as sandeels, before giving chase and forcing the pursued bird to drop its meal. The State of the UK’s Birds 2020 (SUKB) report shows the species, which breeds in the far north of Scotland and Northern Isles, has suffered an 80% decline since 1986 and a 30% decline in the last decade.
Willow Tits are UK s fastest declining bird as woodlands are kept too tidy for them to make nests in brambles
It is believed there are just 2,750 Willow Tits left in the UK
The little bird is at risk of dying out
Credit: Arterra/UIG via Getty Images
The Willow Tit is the UK s fastest-declining bird, research from the RSPB has found, as woodlands are kept too tidy for them to make nests in brambles.
The State of the UK’s Birds 2020 report has found that woodland birds in general have faced a decline of 27 per cent since the 1970s - with declines of seven per cent over the last five years alone. This is despite conservation efforts and increased woodland creation.
Thu 17 Dec 2020 02.00 EST
The willow tit has become Britain’s fastest declining resident bird, and one of half a dozen imperilled woodland species, according to the definitive survey of the country’s birds.
Numbers of the diminutive tit, a subspecies unique to the UK, have plummeted by 94% since 1970, and by a third since 2008.
The willow tit, which lives in dense birch thickets close to wetlands or water, has almost entirely vanished from south-east England and now survives mainly in post-industrial sites such as former coalmines, north-east of Derbyshire.
Woodland birds have slumped by 27% since the 1970s and are continuing to dramatically decline, falling by 7% over the past five years, according to the new report. The breeding populations of five rare forest-dwelling species – lesser spotted woodpecker, lesser redpoll, spotted flycatcher, capercaillie and marsh tit – are now less than a quarter of what they were 50 years ago.
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