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Indicator development plan
Published date 2026-11-03The UK and England biodiversity indicators have undergone several review periods, including our most recent review period in 2025. You can find details of each review below. These developments apply t...
UK-BI: Awareness and support for conservation
Published date 2026-11-03Awareness, understanding and support for conservation Last updated: 2025Latest data available: 2018/19In 2025 new indicators have been developed and published in the UK Biodiversity Indicators suite. ...
UK-BI: Biodiversity expenditure
Published date 2026-11-04Expenditure on UK and international biodiversity Last updated: 2025Latest data available: 2023/2024ContentsIntroductionType of indicatorType of official statisticsAssessment of changeKey resultsFurthe...
Solan Bank Reef MPA
Published date 2026-11-05Solan Bank Reef MPA Located 50 km from the Scottish mainland, north of Cape Wrath, Solan Bank Reef is situated on a geological feature known as 'Solan Bank High'. The site lies across the 12 nm territ...
UKBI - Spring Index
Published date 2025-12-31Spring Index Assessment of change We are working with the Woodland Trust and hope to publish an assessment of change for this indicator in 2026, see the Development Plan for more information. Key resu...
LS.LSa.St.Tal Talitrids on the upper shore and strand-line
Published date 2015-03A community of sandhoppers (talitrid amphipods) may occur on any shore where driftlines of decomposing seaweed and other debris accumulate on the strandline. The biotope occurs most frequently on medi...
IR.HIR.KFaR.FoR Foliose red seaweeds on exposed lower infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03A dense turf of foliose red seaweeds on exposed or moderately exposed lower infralittoral rock, generally, at or below the lower limit of the kelp. Most of the red seaweeds are common to the kelp zone...
SS.SSa.CFiSa Circalittoral fine sand
Published date 2015-03Clean fine sands with less than 5% silt/clay in deeper water, either on the open coast or in tide-swept channels of marine inlets in depths of over 15-20 m. The habitat may also extend offshore and is...
IR.FIR.SG.CrSpAsDenB Crustose sponges and colonial ascidians with Dendrodoa grossularia or barnacles on wave-surged infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Vertical and overhanging, exposed to moderately exposed bedrock gullies, tunnels and cave entrances subject to wave surge, and dominated by the crustose sponges Halichondria panicea, Myxilla incrustan...
SS Sublittoral sediment
Published date 2015-03Sediment habitats in the sublittoral near shore zone (i.e. covering the infralittoral and circalittoral zones), typically extending from the extreme lower shore down to the edge of the bathyal zone (2...