European Indicators

Accompanying text of the update and set of main indicators for Europe and EU, which are freely available for download in Excel sheets, are presented here.

Since January 2006, the production of European bird indicators has been supported by the European Commission.

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Common bird indicators, Europe, single European species habitat classification

Indicator	Region	Time period	No. of species	Trend (%)^a)
All common birds	Europe	1980-2022	168	-19
Common farmland birds	Europe	1980-2022	39	-61
Common forest birds	Europe	1980-2022	34	-8

Common bird indicators, EU (without the United Kingdom), single European species habitat classification

Indicator	Region	Time period	No. of species	Trend (%)^a)
All common birds	EU (without UK)	1980-2022	168	-16
Common farmland birds	EU (without UK)	1980-2022	39	-55
Common forest birds	EU (without UK)	1980-2022	34	-3
Common farmland birds	New EU (without UK)	1982-2022	29	-47
Common farmland birds	Old EU (without UK)	1980-2022	39	-54

Common bird indicators, EU with the United Kingdom, single European species habitat classification

Indicator	Region	Time period	No. of species	Trend (%)^a)
All common birds	EU with UK	1980-2022	168	-20
Common farmland birds	EU with UK	1980-2022	39	-63
Common forest birds	EU with UK	1980-2022	34	-8
Common farmland birds	New EU with UK	1982-2022	29	-47
Common farmland birds	Old EU with UK	1980-2022	39	-63

Regional common bird indicators, single European species habitat classification

Indicator	Region	Time period	No. of species	Trend (%)^a)
Common farmland birds	Central & East Europe	1982-2022	23	-31
Common forest birds	Central & East Europe	1982-2022	27	-9
Common farmland birds	North Europe	1980-2022	14	-43
Common forest birds	North Europe	1980-2022	24	-19
Common farmland birds	South Europe	1989-2022	37	-47
Common forest birds	South Europe	1989-2022	25	-29
Common farmland birds	West Europe	1980-2022	22	-54
Common forest birds	West Europe	1980-2022	29	1