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JNCC Official Statistics – List and release dates

In accordance with the regulations of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, and the resultant Code of Practice for Statistics, as a producer body of Official Statistics JNCC is required to maintain a list of the Official Statistics produced, their availability, and production timetables.

Announcements of upcoming publication dates and dates of previous publications of JNCC Official Statistics and Defra Official Statistics are available on the central Research and Statistics page. JNCC collaborates on the production and publication of some Defra-led Official Statistics, and these are included in the Defra list.

While the links to the central Research and Statistics page provide information on previous and upcoming publication dates, links to the publication pages of the Official Statistics that are produced by JNCC or in collaboration with JNCC are provided in the list of Official Statistics below.

JNCC Official Statistics – upcoming and previous publication dates

Defra Official Statistics – upcoming and previous publication dates

 

The following products have been identified as Official Statistics publications produced by JNCC or in collaboration with JNCC:

UK Biodiversity Indicators

Hosted on JNCC's website

Frequency: Annual

This release and publication reports on the UK's progress towards meeting international biodiversity goals and targets, including those set out through the Convention on Biological Diversity. This publication is led by Defra and produced and published in collaboration with JNCC.

 

Provisional Cormorant population indices for England

Hosted on JNCC's website

Frequency: Annual

Provisional indices based on Cormorant data from England, showing changes in the Cormorant population since the late 1980s.  Based on data collected through the BTO/RSPB/JNCC Wetland Bird Survey. 

 

Population trends for Turtle Dove in the UK and England

Hosted on JNCC's website

Frequency: Annual

Produced by British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) in partnership with JNCC and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). This statistic reports population trends for turtle dove in the UK and England, based on data collected by the BTO/RSPB/JNCC Breeding Bird Survey (BBS). 

 

Point of first release for statistics on breeding birds

Current release hosted by BTO

Frequency: Annual

Produced by British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) under partnership contract with JNCC and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

This statistic reports population trends for breeding bird species in the UK, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, based on data collected by the Breeding Bird Survey (BBS). 

 

Point of first release for statistics on breeding seabirds

Hosted on JNCC's website

Frequency: Annual (with some pauses in publication in recent years)

Produced by BTO on behalf of the BTO/JNCC Seabird Monitoring Programme, in association with RSPB, and with participation of the SMP Advisory Group members (Natural England, NatureScot, Natural Resources Wales, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust, Highland Ringing Group, Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales, University of Gloucestershire, National Trust for Scotland, National Trust, States of Guernsey, Isle of Man Government, Manx BirdLife, Manx National Heritage, Scottish Wildlife Trust, Shetland Oil Terminal Environmental Advisory Group, Seabird Group, Irish Government and BirdWatch Ireland).

Official Statistics reports were not produced in 2017 and 2018 due to resources being focussed on a national seabird census. The release with 2019 data happened in two parts in 2021. On 29 April 2021 the Table of Results was updated; full species accounts were published on 20 May 2021.

Due to restriction in movements and access to the countryside in 2020, a stand-alone report for that year was not produced due to lack of data.

During 2021 resources were focussed on establishing a new SMP partnership, which was launched in July 2022 with subsequent transition, and stand-alone reports for 2021 and 2022 were not produced.

 

Point of first release for statistics on wintering waterbirds (Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS))

Current release hosted by BTO

Frequency: Annual

Produced in partnership with British Trust for Ornithology, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (the latter on behalf of the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Northern Ireland, Natural Resources Wales, Natural England and NatureScot).

 

Wild bird populations in the UK – composite trends for UK biodiversity indicator

Hosted by gov.uk statistics

Frequency: Annual

The bird population indices are compiled in conjunction with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), JNCC and Defra.

These statistics contribute to the UK Biodiversity Indicators.

 

Point of first release for statistics on abundance of UK butterflies

Current release hosted by Butterfly Conservation

Frequency: Annual

Produced by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and Butterfly Conservation under partnership contract with JNCC.
http://www.ukbms.org/official-statistics

 

Point of first release for Butterflies in the UK: habitat specialists and species of the wider countryside

Hosted by gov.uk statistics

Frequency: Annual

Produced by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and Butterfly Conservation under partnership contract with JNCC.

These composite indices for specialist and generalist butterflies in the UK contribute to the UK Biodiversity Indicators.

 

Point of first release for statistics on the status of UK bats

Current release hosted by Bat Conservation Trust

Frequency: Annual

Produced by Bat Conservation Trust in partnership with JNCC, and supported by Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, Northern Ireland Environment Agency and NatureScot (formerly Scottish Natural Heritage).

 

Point of first release of the 3-yearly site trends (site alerts) produced from the Wetland Bird Survey

Current release hosted by BTO

Frequency: Under review

Produced under partnership contract with British Trust for Ornithology and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

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