Rare breeding birds in the UK in 2019

Rare breeding birds in the UK in 2019

Abstract

This report documents the status of the 99 species and subspecies of rare or scarce native birds that bred, or showed signs of breeding, in the UK in 2019. Nine species reached record totals in 2019, with a particularly notable increase in Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis numbers. However, there is an even spread between increase and decline across the species for which we can produce trends, and concern for a number of declining species such as Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus.

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