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.

If you wish to use our data, we recommend reading the rules of using the PECBMS outputs stated in our Data Access And Co-authorship Policy.

Common farmland birds indicator, West Europe, single European species habitat classification, 1980-2022

List of species and their trends
List of countries

Trend of species contributing to the indicator:

Moderate decline 14
Moderate increase 4
Stable 2
Steep decline 1
Strong increase 0
Uncertain 1

Common farmland birds indicator, West Europe

Species	Base year	Trend classification
Alauda arvensis	1980	Moderate decline
Anthus pratensis	1980	Moderate decline
Ciconia ciconia	1980	Moderate increase
Corvus frugilegus	1981	Moderate increase
Emberiza calandra	1980	Moderate decline
Emberiza citrinella	1980	Moderate decline
Falco tinnunculus	1980	Moderate decline
Galerida cristata	1989	Uncertain
Hirundo rustica	1980	Stable
Lanius collurio	1981	Stable
Limosa limosa	1984	Moderate decline
Linaria cannabina	1980	Moderate decline
Motacilla flava	1980	Moderate decline
Passer montanus	1980	Moderate decline
Perdix perdix	1980	Moderate decline
Saxicola rubetra	1980	Moderate decline
Saxicola torquatus	1989	Moderate increase
Serinus serinus	1989	Moderate decline
Streptopelia turtur	1980	Steep decline
Sturnus vulgaris	1980	Moderate decline
Sylvia communis	1980	Moderate increase
Vanellus vanellus	1980	Moderate decline

Common farmland birds indicator, West Europe

Countries
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
former West Germany
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Republic of Ireland
Switzerland
United Kingdom

Source of the data: EBCC/BirdLife/RSPB/CSO

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

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

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

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

European Indicators

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

Common farmland birds indicator, West Europe, single European species habitat classification, 1980-2022

Common farmland birds indicator, West Europe

Common farmland birds indicator, West Europe

Common bird indicators, Europe, single European species habitat classification

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

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

Regional common bird indicators, single European species habitat classification