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Population status and trends at the EU and Member State levels

The Article 12 web tool provides an access to EU assessments and Member States’ data compiled as part of the Habitats Directive - Article 12 reporting process. The EU assessments have been carried out in EU 27 for the period 2008-2012 and in EU28 for the period 2013-2018.

Choose period, species and if relevant sub-specific unit.

Once a selection has been made the breeding distribution of the species can be visualized in a map.

The ‘Data sheet info’ includes notes for each assessment per species.

The ‘Audit trail’ includes the methods used for the EU assessment and justifications for decisions made by the assessors.

IMPORTANT: Due to late delivery by Greece of the Article 12 report for 2008-2012 period, the reported data were not used for the EU population status assessment and are not displayed on this page.
Information on surrogate data for EU assessment is provided in the ‘Audit trail’. To consult 2008-2012 data form Greece filter 'Period' = '2008-2012bis'.
Although not used for the EU population status assessment the spatial data from delayed Article 12 report from Greece are included in the distribution map available by clicking the ‘Map’ button.

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Warning: The map does not show the distribution for sensitive species in LT

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Unknown
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Decreasing
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Fluctuating
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Uncertain

Please note that additional information on mouse over values and trends stands for the quality of the underlying data as reported by Member States.

Sensitive spatial information for this species is not shown in the map. Current selection: 2008-2012, Emberiza hortulana. Show all
Data from Member States reports
MS Breeding Population Breeding Range Winter Population Areas from gridded maps (km2)
Population Trend Surface Trend Population Trend
Size&Unit ℹ % MS Period ST Trend Period LT Trend ℹ Area ℹ % MS Period ST Trend Period LT Trend ℹ Size&Unit ℹ % MS Period ST Trend Period LT Trend ℹ Distrib. % MS Range % MS
AT
4 - 10 p
 2001-2012 - (20 - 50) 1980-2012 - (90 - 95)
100
2001-2012 0 1980-2012 - (60 - 90)
100 400
BE
0 - 0 p
 2000-2012 x 1980-1992 - (100 - 100) #
# 2000-2012 x 1980-2012 x #
BG
34000 - 150000 p
 7.6 2001-2012 F 1980-2012 0
115000
10.2 2001-2012 0 1980-2012 0
97000 18.7 112200 9.9
CZ
80 - 160 p
 2000-2012 - 1980-2012 - (40 - 53)
32196
2.8 2001-2012 0 1980-2012 - (5 - 10)
7800 1.5 32200 2.9
DE
10500 - 16000 p
 1.4 1998-2009 + (11 - 40) 1985-2009 0 #
65164
5.8 1998-2009 0 1985-2009 - (21 - 50) #
54900 10.6 66400 5.9
EE
300 - 500 p
 2001-2012 - (20 - 50) 1980-2012 - (50 - 70)
29200
2.6 2001-2012 - (20 - 50) 1980-2012 - (51 - 51)
13000 2.5 29200 2.6
ES
180500 - 365000 p
 # 26.0 1998-2012 - (13.24 - 13.24) 1980-2012 0 #
198944
17.6 1998-2012 - 1980-2012 0 #
125100 24.1 199800 17.7
FI
9400 - 25000 p
 1.5 2001-2012 - (36 - 90) 1983-2012 - (98 - 99) #
141100
12.5 2001-2012 x 1980-2010 - (64 - 64)
57800 11.1 141100 12.5
FR
7000 - 13500 p
 1.0 2001-2011 - (37 - 37) 1980-2011 - (50 - 75) #
67200
5.9 2001-2012 - (0 - 15) 1985-2013 - (31 - 38)
28600 5.5 66300 5.9
GR
HU
0 - 0 p
 2000-2012 - (100 - 100) 1980-2007 - (100 - 100) #
100
# 2000-2012 - (100 - 100) 1980-2012 - (100 - 100) #
100 100
IT
4000 - 16000 p
 0.8 2001-2012 x 1980-2012 x #
116200
10.3 2002-2013 - (27 - 27) 1983-2013 - (10 - 10)
54700 10.5 115800 10.3
LT
60 - 100 p
 2001-2012 - (50 - 70) 1980-2012 - (60 - 80)
3500
0.3 2001-2012 0 1980-2012 x
1900 0.4 3500 0.3
LV
144 - 7744 p
 0.2 x 1994-2004 - ( - 82)
36590
3.2 x 1980-2004 0
14100 2.7 38900 3.4
NL
0 - 0 p
 2002-2011 - (100 - 100) 1980-2011 - (100 - 100) #
1998-2012 - (100 - 100) 1977-2012 - (100 - 100) #
PL
200000 - 300000 p
 # 25.1 2000-2012 - (20 - 40) x #
x x
PT
1000 - 5000 p
 0.2 2001-2012 x 1980-2012 x
29700
2.6 2001-2012 x 1980-2005 0
8600 1.7 28300 2.5
RO
225000 - 550000 p
 35.6 2001-2013 x 1980-2012 x
175600
15.5 2001-2013 x 1980-2012 x
10900 2.1 171400 15.2
SE
2600 - 5000 p
 # 0.4 2001-2012 - (8 - 68) 1980-2012 - (75 - 91) #
120800
10.7 2001-2012 - (0 - 30) 1980-2012 x
43700 8.4 120700 10.7
SI
20 - 34 p
 # 2001-2012 - (60 - 80) 1980-2012 - (90 - 95)
685
0.1 2001-2012 - (30 - 50) 1980-2012 - (60 - 80)
700 0.1 800 0.1
SK
# 2000-2012 x 1980-2012 x
200
# 2000-2012 x 1980-2012 x
200 800 0.1
EU population status assessments
Breeding Population Breeding Range Winter Population Bird Status Contribution
to target 1		 Season Subspecies /
subspecific units
Size & Unit ST Trend LT Trend Area ST Trend LT Trend Size & Unit ST Trend LT Trend Trends Status
EU27 694000 - 1510000 p - x 1130000 - Declining C B

The hash sign (#) under Subspecies/subspecific units-Trends or Status means that the EU population trends or EU status were not assessed at the same level as the current selection (species and subspecific unit).

In italics, additional assessment at the subspecies or population level (available only for subspecies listed in the Annexes of the Birds Directive).