Farmland bird numbers in England fall to record low

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/29/farmland-birds-record-low

The figures for England are based on the annual breeding birds survey by the British Trust for Ornithology, in which volunteers check 3,200 randomly selected 1km squares around the UK twice each year. But other data is included in the index published by environment department Defra, which makes figures for species decline slightly different. These figures are not yet online.