In the absence of a report from the Czech Republic for this taxon, surrogate data were provided by ČSO / BirdLife indicating a breeding population of 800000–1600000 pairs, with an unknown trend during 2001–2012 and a stable trend during 1985–2012.

In the absence of a report from Greece for this taxon, surrogate data were provided by the Hellenic Ornithological Society (HOS), the BirdLife Partner in Greece, indicating a breeding population of 10000–30000 pairs, with an unknown trend during 2001–2012 and an unknown trend during 1980–2012.