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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.

Map is only available at subspecific level.

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Increasing
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Stable
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Unknown
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Decreasing
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Fluctuating
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Uncertain

Codes ‘PT’, ‘ES ‘correspond to Portugal mainland (excluding Azores-PTAC and Madeira-PTMA) and Spain mainland (excluding Canary Islands-ESIC) respectively.
Similarly ‘UK’ stands for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (excluding Gibraltar-GIB).
The data from delayed delivery by Romania were not used for the EU population status assessment.

Current selection: 2013-2018, Anser albifrons. Show all
Data from Member States reports
MS Breeding population Breeding distribution Winter population Breeding area from
gridded maps (km2)
Ssp. / subsp. unit
Population size Population trend Distribution size Distribution trend Population size Population trend
Min
Mouse-over texts for entries below show "Method used" reported for population size as a whole:
estimatePartial - based mainly on extrapolation from limited amount of data
estimateExpert - based mainly on expert opinion, with very limited data
absentData - insufficient or no data available
completeSurvey - complete survey or statistically robust estimate
Country Method used
AT
BE
BG
CY
CZ
DE
DK
ES
FR
GR
HR
HU
IE
IT
NL
PL
RO
SE
SI
SK
UK
UK
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude
Mouse-over texts for entries below show "Method used" reported for distribution surface area (in km²):
estimatePartial - based mainly on extrapolation from limited amount of data
estimateExpert - based mainly on expert opinion, with very limited data
absentData - insufficient or no data available
completeSurvey - complete survey or statistically robust estimate
Country Method used
AT
BE
BG
CY
CZ
DE
DK
ES
FR
GR
HR
HU
IE
IT
NL
PL
RO
SE
SI
SK
UK
UK
Area
% MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Min
Mouse-over texts below show "Method used" reported for population size value(s):
estimatePartial - based mainly on extrapolation from limited amount of data
estimateExpert - based mainly on expert opinion, with very limited data
absentData - insufficient or no data available
completeSurvey - complete survey or statistically robust estimate
Country Method used
AT completeSurvey
BE completeSurvey
BG completeSurvey
CY estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimatePartial
DK completeSurvey
ES completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
GR completeSurvey
HR absentData
HU estimatePartial
IE completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
NL completeSurvey
PL completeSurvey
RO completeSurvey
SE completeSurvey
SI completeSurvey
SK completeSurvey
UK completeSurvey
UK completeSurvey
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
AT
10000 55000 N/A i estimate noChange 1.5 2007-2018 = N/A 1984-2018 + N/A | N/A | (1811) keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
BE
47000 77000 60000 i interval genuine 2.7 2007-2018 + 23 | 158 | (78) 1992-2018 + 292 | 835 | (505) keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
BG
20000 450000 N/A i estimate knowledge 10.6 2000-2018 - -25 | -5 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -25 | -5 | (N/A) keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
CY
7 25 N/A i estimate genuine # 2007-2018 - -72 | -50 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -95 | -85 | (N/A) keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
CZ
23030 50256 N/A i estimate genuine # 1.7 2008-2019 + N/A | N/A | (24) 1980-2019 + N/A | N/A | (17) # keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
DE
N/A N/A 420000 i mean genuine 19.0 2003-2016 + 7 | 27 | (17) 1980-2016 + 245 | 351 | (295) keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
DK
N/A N/A 9559 i estimate noChange # 0.4 2006-2017 F N/A 1981-2017 + N/A | N/A | (8300) # keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
ES
N/A N/A 169 i mean knowledge # 2007-2018 u -10 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 30 | 100 | (40) # keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
FR
361 589 475 i mean noChange # 2007-2017 = -38 | 22 | (0) 1980-2017 + 258 | 598 | (401) # keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
GR
1299 12550 N/A i estimate genuine 0.3 2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (420) keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
HR
N/A N/A 0 i minimum N/A # 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
HU
120000 200000 N/A i estimate noChange # 7.2 2007-2018 = N/A 1987-2018 + 168 | 544 | (N/A) # keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
IE
N/A N/A 9500 i estimate genuine # 46.5 2008-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-5) 1985-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-12.5) # keywintering & I Anser albifrons flavirostris
IT
8358 13482 N/A i estimate genuine 0.5 2009-2015 + 410 | 725 | (N/A) 1991-2015 + 16616 | 26864 | (N/A) keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
NL
884597 968493 924077 i mean genuine 41.7 2006-2017 = -2 | 32 | (14) 1981-2017 + 231 | 338 | (281) # keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
PL
6000 33000 N/A i estimate genuine 0.9 2013-2018 - -88 | -58 | (-77) 1980-2018 x N/A # keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
RO
143600 417112 N/A i mean knowledge 12.7 2013-2018 u -14.2 | 13.09000 | (N/A) 1990-2018 u -24 | 199 | (N/A) keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
SE
1000 12000 6000 i mean genuine 0.3 2007-2018 - -60 | -40 | (-50) 1980-2018 + 800 | 1400 | (1100) keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
SI
20 2000 N/A i estimate genuine 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (1085) 1980-2018 + 0 | 30 | (N/A) keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
SK
2000 15000 N/A i mean genuine # 0.4 2007-2018 + 10 | 20 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 75 | 100 | (N/A) keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
UK
N/A N/A 2100 i mean genuine 2005-2016 = N/A | N/A | (9.9) 1980-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-20) # keywintering Anser albifrons albifrons
UK
N/A N/A 10942 i estimate genuine # 53.5 2005-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-18.7) 1982-2010 + N/A | N/A | (58.7) # keywintering & I Anser albifrons flavirostris
EU population status assessments
Breeding population Breeding distribution Winter population EU population
status
Contribution
to Target 1
Season Previous status Ssp. / subsp. unit
Population size (min) Population size (max) Unit Short-term trend Long-term trend Area Short-term trend Long-term trend Population size (min) Population size (max) Unit Short-term trend Long-term trend Breeding Wintering
EU28 20400 20500 i - = Threatened C W Threatened Anser albifrons flavirostris
EU28 1570000 2350000 i = + Secure A W Secure Anser albifrons
EU28 1550000 2330000 i + + Secure A W Not evaluated Anser albifrons albifrons