The Impact of Intensive Animal Agriculture on Farmland Bird Species in the United Kingdom

-Farmland birds have declined by 54% between 1970 and 2017, according to the State of Nature Report.

-7 Species in the RSPB farmland bird indicator showed an increase in population, however, 12 other species of farmland birds showed a decline in population. These species included:

Tree sparrow -94%, Corn bunting -90%, Turtle dove -89%, Grey partridge -87%, Yellow wagtail -73%, Starling -68%, Linnet -58%, Lapwing -58%, Yellowhammer -54%, Skylark -51%, Kestrel -35%, Reed bunting -27%.