Five of the ten bird species that have shown the greatest decline in Europe from 1980 to 2005 are species characteristic for farmland: Crested Lark Galerida cristata (-95%), Grey Partridge Perdix perdix (-79%), Eurasian Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur (-62%), Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus (-51%) and European Serin Serinus serinus (-41%). The other five bird species that have shown the greatest decline in Europe from 1980 to 2005 were: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor (-81%), Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe (-70%), Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla (-74%), Willow Tit Parus montanus (-58%), and Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos (-63%).
Source: The State of Europe's Common Birds 2007, EBCC/RSPB/BirdLife/CSO/CBS
http://www.ebcc.info/wpimages/video/StateEuropeCommonBirds2007.pdf
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