Ireland's State of the Environment Report 2024

165 Chapter 7: Nature Figure 7.7  The proportion of species categorised as red, amber or green by the BoCCI assessment in 2021 and comparison with previous BoCCI assessments ˜ Red ˜ Amber ˜ Green 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Passerines All seabirds Breeding seabirds Arid zone migrants Humid and Southern migrants Long-distance migrants Wintering waterfowl Wildfowl Accipiters Waders Wintering waders Breeding waders All species 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Lowland wetland species Woodland species Urban species Coastal species Farmland species Upland species 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% BOCCI v1 BOCCI v2 BOCCI v3 BoCCI v4 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% BOCCI v1 BOCCI v2 BOCCI v3 BoCCI v4 All Birds Assessed Waders (Oystercatchers, Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes) (A) (B) (C) (D) Source: Reproduced with permission from BirdWatch Ireland and RSPB Northern Ireland A) The proportion of species per taxonomic group. B) The proportion of species per breeding habitat. C) The percentage of species considered red, amber or green in BoCCI version 1 (Newton et al. , 1999), BoCCI version 2 (Lynas et al. , 2007), BoCCI version 3 (Colhoun and Cummins, 2013) and BoCCI version 4 (Gilbert et al. , 2021). (D) The percentage of wading species considered red, amber or green across BoCCI assessments from 1999 to 2021. Each column is categorised as red, amber or green. All data displayed as percentages.