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Endangered British Birds

Below is a list of endangered and threatened birds of the British Isles. These particular bird species have become endangered or have declining populations within the British Isles and may become extinct in the future.

The most serious threats to bird species are habitat loss, particularly conversion of diverse native forest into often single-species timber plantations and to birds colliding with fences erected to keep deer out of young plantations.

Other threats are because modern farming practices mean that nests and birds are destroyed by mowing or harvesting before breeding is finished. Some birds are declining due to overuse of pesticides and scrub clearance due to human overpopulation. Birds currently on the Red List include the following:

Aquatic Warbler      Acrocephalus paludicola (passage migrant through UK)
Capercaillie     Tatrao urogallus
Corn Crake    Crex crex – globally threateneds
Eurasian Wryneck    Jynx torquilla (extinct as breeding species)
Great Bittern    Botarus stellaris
Grey Partridge    Perdix perdix
Osprey    Pandion haliaetus – loss of habitat
Red-backed Shrike   Lanius collurio (extinct as breeding species)
Red Kite   Milvus milvus – hunting
Scottish Crossbill   Loxia scotica (endemic)
Skylark    Alauda arvensis
Song Thrush    Turdus philomelos
Stone-Curlew   Burhinus oedicnemus

Read more about Extinct Birds here.

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