State of Nature 2024 - Birds

Birds are an ideal group of species with which to assess environmental changes as they occupy such a wide range of ecological niches, including woodland, farmland, upland, wetland, coastal and urban habitats. By identifying the bird species of greatest concern, we inform the prioritisation of Manx conservation policy, resulting in greater conservation funding and enabling its most appropriate allocation.

Of most cause for concern are the declines in:

In addition to the Great Auk, the only Manx bird to now be globally extinct, there are fourteen species on the black list: those which we have lost as native Manx breeding birds, including iconic birds such as White-tailed Eagle, Red Kite, Corncrake and Kingfisher. This list is growing all the time; since the publication of Birds of Conservation Concern Isle of Man 2021 we have also lost Yellowhammer and Lapwing and are likely to lose