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. The following products have been identified as Official Statistics:
UK Biodiversity Indicators
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.
Frequency: Annual
Last: 14 November 2023
Next: 10 December 2024
Provisional Cormorant population indices for England
Provisional indices based on Cormorant data from England, showing changes in the Cormorant population between the late 1980s and 2021/22. Based on data collected through the BTO/RSPB/JNCC Wetland Bird Survey.
Frequency: Annual
Last: 25 July 2024
Next: TBC
Population trends for Turtle Dove in the UK and England
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).
Frequency: Annual
Last: 7 December 2023
Next: TBC
Point of first release for statistics on breeding birds
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).
Frequency: Annual
Last: 16 May 2024
Next: TBC
Point of first release for statistics on breeding seabirds
Produced by JNCC in partnership with BirdWatch Ireland, British Trust for Ornithology, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Natural Resources Wales (formerly Countryside Council for Wales), Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (Isle of Man), Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment (Republic of Ireland), Manx Birdlife, Manx National Heritage, Natural England, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland), Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, NatureScot (formerly Scottish Natural Heritage), Scottish Wildlife Trust, Shetland Oil Terminal Environmental Advisory Group, States of Guernsey Government, the National Trust, the National Trust for Scotland, the Seabird Group.
Official Statistics reports were not produced in 2017 and 2018 due to resources being focussed on a national seabird census.
The release 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.
Frequency: Annual (but with pause in publication in 2017 and 2018)
Last: 29 April & 20 May 2021
Next: TBC
Point of first release for statistics on wintering waterbirds (Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS))
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).
Frequency: Annual
Last: 25 April 2024
Next: TBC
Wild bird populations in the UK – composite trends for UK biodiversity indicator
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.
Frequency: Annual
Last: 7 November 2023
Next: 12 November 2024
Point of first release for statistics on abundance of UK butterflies
Hosted by Butterfly Conservation
Produced by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and Butterfly Conservation under partnership contract with JNCC.
http://www.ukbms.org/official-statistics
Frequency: Annual
Last: 22 March 2024
Next: TBC
Point of first release for Butterflies in the UK: habitat specialists and species of the wider countryside
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.
Frequency: Annual
Last: 24 October 2023
Next: 22 October 2024
Point of first release for statistics on the status of UK bats
Hosted by Bat Conservation Trust
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).
Frequency: Annual
Last: 30 May 2024
Next: TBC
Point of first release of the 3-yearly site trends (site alerts) produced from the Wetland Bird Survey
Produced under partnership contract with British Trust for Ornithology and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
Frequency: Under review
Last: 22 October 2019
Next: 2024/25 (TBC)
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