HC Deb 15 January 2002 vol 378 c293W
Ms Atherton

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the change in the number and percentage of British birds from 1990 to 2000 was. [26060]

Mr. Meacher

The Government's Quality of Life Counts indicator of wild birds uses an index of bird populations set at 100 for 1970. Actual population numbers are not calculated. The values of the index for 1990 and 2000 are presented in the table for all 105 bird species included. Further information on these statistics is published in the DEFRA News Release No. 303/01.

Bird population index
All birds
1970 100
1990 102
2000 107

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