EU’s bird and butterfly populations are declining

In 2024, the population of common bird species in the EU decreased by 15.1% compared with 2000. 🐦📉 🐦‍⬛The populations of common farmland species dropped by 32.1%, while those of common forest species slowly started to recover since 2010. 🦋The grassland butterfly index, which monitors the changes in abundance of 17 grassland butterfly species, estimates that butterfly populations declined by 36.5% compared with 2000. Read more 👉https://lnkd.in/dY3Fcg4A

03/08/2026

By Vesna Milicevic

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