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Official statistics for Terrestrial breeding birds

https://www.nature.scot/doc/official-statistics-terrestrial-breeding-birds

View and download official statistics publications relating to the index of abundance for Scottish terrestrial breeding birds.

Release dates for future publications

December 2025 Official Statistic

Previous publications

Archived publications

January 2022 Official Statistic

  • Index of abundance for Scottish terrestrial breeding birds, 1994-2021

January 2021 Official Statistic:

November 2019 Official Statistic:

  • Index of abundance for Scottish terrestrial breeding birds, 1994-2018
  • November 2019 Official Statistic supporting data
  • November 2019 Official Statistic pre-release access 

Data from this statistic informs updates of the Scottish Government national indicator Increase the abundance of terrestrial breeding birds

November 2018 Official Statistic:

November 2017 Official Statistic:

  • Index of abundance for Scottish terrestrial breeding birds, 1994-2016
  • December 2017 Official Statistic supporting data

November 2016 Official Statistic:

December 2015 Official Statistic:

November 2014 Official Statistic:

March 2013 Official Statistic:

2012 Official Statistic:

  • Index of abundance for Scottish terrestrial breeding birds, 1994–2010
  • 2012 Official Statistic supporting data
  • 2012 Official Statistic pre-release access 

2011 Official Statistic:

  • Index of abundance for Scottish terrestrial breeding birds, 1994–2009
  • 2011 Official Statistic supporting data
  • 2011 Official Statistic pre-release access

Some of these documents are not available as the WebArchive website where they sit is currently down as a result of the cyber attack on the British Library. We apologise for this inconvenience.

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