Seabird Monitoring programme – Since 1986, 25 species of seabird that breed at colonies in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands have been monitored annually by the Seabird Monitoring Programme (SMP). This work is co-ordinated by JNCC in partnership with 18 other organisations and hundreds of volunteers. Britain and Ireland Population Trends and Causes of Change: 1986-2015  presents the latest trends in numbers and breeding success, along with information on survival and the diets of breeding seabirds, with information on the likely causes of change based on recent research.

Seabird Population Trends and Causes of Change: 1986-2015 Report

JNCC ‘Here we present the latest analysed trends in population numbers and breeding success, productivity, survival and diet of breeding seabirds, from the Seabird Monitoring Programme (SMP), along with interpretive text on the likely causes of change based on the most recent research.

It replaces and builds upon the now discontinued annual publication Seabird numbers and breeding success in Britain and Ireland. Like it, this online report will be updated annually.

Trend information is presented at the UK level and separately for Scotland, Wales, England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, all-Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. Interpretation of trends and reasons for change are given largely at the UK level, unless there is country-specific evidence.’ Click here to see the detail.