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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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Unknown
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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 fabalis. 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
BE
BG
CZ
CZ
DE
DE
DK
DK
FI estimateExpert
FR
GR
HR
HU
IT
LT
LT
LU
LV
LV
NL
NL
PL
PL
RO
SE estimatePartial
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
BE
BG
CZ
CZ
DE
DE
DK
DK
FI completeSurvey
FR
GR
HR
HU
IT
LT
LT
LU
LV
LV
NL
NL
PL
PL
RO
SE estimateExpert
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
BE completeSurvey
BG estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
CZ completeSurvey
DE completeSurvey
DE estimatePartial
DK completeSurvey
DK completeSurvey
FI
FR completeSurvey
GR absentData
HR absentData
HU estimatePartial
IT estimatePartial
LT estimatePartial
LT estimatePartial
LU completeSurvey
LV completeSurvey
LV completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
PL estimatePartial
PL estimatePartial
RO completeSurvey
SE completeSurvey
SE completeSurvey
SI completeSurvey
SK completeSurvey
UK completeSurvey
UK absentData
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
AT
21 1095 475 i estimate genuine 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-84) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-89) keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
BE
0 1 0 i estimate noChange 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-100) 1992-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-100) keywintering Anser fabalis fabalis
BE
3400 7600 5100 i interval genuine 0.7 2007-2018 + 301 | 1743 | (761) 1992-2018 + 3127 | 17892 | (7520) keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
BG
12 200 N/A i estimate knowledge 2000-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
CZ
4958 12472 N/A i estimate genuine 1.1 2008-2019 u N/A | N/A | (10) 1980-2019 + N/A | N/A | (4) # keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
CZ
10 100 N/A i estimate noChange 2008-2019 x N/A 1980-2019 x N/A # keywintering Anser fabalis fabalis
DE
N/A N/A 11500 i mean genuine 15.9 2003-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-70) 1980-2016 - -100 | -66 | (N/A) # keywintering Anser fabalis fabalis
DE
N/A N/A 365000 i mean genuine 48.3 2003-2016 + 10 | 40 | (N/A) 1980-2016 + 40 | 180 | (N/A) # keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
DK
N/A N/A 5311 i estimate genuine # 7.4 2006-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-60) 1981-2017 F N/A # keywintering Anser fabalis fabalis
DK
N/A N/A 2276 i estimate noChange # 0.3 2006-2017 F N/A 1987-2016 + N/A | N/A | (241100) # keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
FI
1000
2500
1700
p
estimate
noChange
#
80.2
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 36800 35.9 N/A N/A N/A 1980-2010 - 22 | 22 | (N/A) 36800 36.0 Anser fabalis fabalis
FR
1130 2060 1710 i mean genuine # 0.2 2007-2017 - -47 | -6 | (-29) 1980-2017 - -52 | -36 | (-45) # keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
GR
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A noChange # N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
HR
N/A N/A 0 i minimum N/A # 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
HU
500 3000 N/A i estimate genuine # 0.2 2007-2018 - -97 | -88 | (N/A) 1986-2018 - -99 | -97 | (N/A) # keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
IT
0 0 N/A i estimate genuine 2007-2018 x N/A 1993-2018 x N/A keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
LT
0 10 N/A i estimate noInfo 2013-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering Anser fabalis fabalis
LT
0 10 N/A i estimate noInfo 2013-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
LU
50 160 N/A i mean noChange 2007-2018 - -20 | -10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -70 | -60 | (N/A) # keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
LV
1 10 N/A i estimate genuine # 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering Anser fabalis fabalis
LV
1 4000 N/A i estimate genuine 0.3 2009-2018 u -98.4 | 1181.2 | (-16.7) 1980-2018 u -100 | 3305080.6 | (-70.4) keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
NL
0 21 8 i mean knowledge 2006-2017 - -98 | -87 | (-96) 1981-2017 - -100 | -100 | (-100) keywintering Anser fabalis fabalis
NL
205197 261028 227878 i mean genuine 30.2 2006-2017 = -29 | 71 | (10) 1981-2017 + 69 | 307 | (162) # keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
PL
7000 23000 N/A i estimate genuine # 20.8 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering Anser fabalis fabalis
PL
63000 207000 N/A i estimate knowledge # 17.9 2013-2018 u -61 | 8 | (-34) 1980-2018 x N/A # keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
RO
10 45 N/A i mean knowledge 2013-2018 u -16.85 | 66.16 | (N/A) 1990-2018 + 52 | 112 | (N/A) keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
SE
260
600
420
p
estimate
genuine
19.8
2007-2018 - -70 | -30 | (-50) 1980-2018 - -70 | -30 | (-50) 65800 64.1 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 32000 52000 40000 i mean knowledge 55.5 2007-2018 + 15 | 35 | (25) 1980-2018 + 160 | 240 | (200) # keywintering 65500 64.0 Anser fabalis fabalis
SE
1000 10000 4000 i mean knowledge 0.5 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
SI
0 60 N/A i estimate genuine 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-95) 1980-2018 - -100 | -99 | (N/A) keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
SK
500 1500 N/A i mean genuine 0.1 2007-2018 - -60 | -20 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -70 | -40 | (N/A) # keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
UK
N/A N/A 230 i mean genuine # 0.3 2005-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-49) 1981-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-27.5) # keywintering Anser fabalis fabalis
UK
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A noChange # N/A 2012-2016 x N/A 2012-2016 x N/A keywintering Anser fabalis rossicus
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 1200 3100 p - x 102000 NE NE 56000 92200 i - = Threatened Secure C B Not Evaluated Anser fabalis fabalis
EU28 1200 3100 p - x 102000 NE NE 703000 970000 i + + Threatened Secure C B Unknown Anser fabalis
EU28 647000 878000 i + + Secure A W Not evaluated Anser fabalis rossicus