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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.

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+
Increasing
=
Stable
x
Unknown
-
Decreasing
F
Fluctuating
u
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, Anthus pratensis. 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 completeSurvey
BE estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
DE completeSurvey
DK estimatePartial
EE estimateExpert
FI completeSurvey
FR estimatePartial
GIB
IE completeSurvey
LT estimatePartial
LU completeSurvey
LV completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
PL completeSurvey
RO estimateExpert
SE estimatePartial
SK estimateExpert
UK estimatePartial
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 completeSurvey
BE completeSurvey
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
FI completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
GIB
IE completeSurvey
LT estimatePartial
LU completeSurvey
LV completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
PL absentData
RO absentData
SE estimatePartial
SK estimateExpert
UK completeSurvey
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
BE
CZ
DE
DK
EE
FI
FR
GIB estimatePartial
IE
LT
LU
LV
NL
PL
RO
SE
SK
UK
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
AT
160
280
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2018 - -50 | -20 | (N/A) 1981-2018 - -80 | -40 | (N/A) 5400 0.3 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-17) 1981-2018 - -70 | -40 | (N/A) 5100 0.3
BE
2700
4600
3700
p
estimate
genuine
2008-2018 - -57 | -27 | (-44) 1973-2018 - -92 | -87 | (-89) 23303 # 1.4 2008-2018 u N/A | N/A | (24.43) 1973-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-22.81) 21200 1.3
CZ
20000
40000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
0.6
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-11) 1982-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-10) # 36800 2.3 2002-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-4.47) 1986-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-0.92) # 35800 2.2
DE
36000
57000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.9
2004-2016 - -31 | 6 | (-14) 1980-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-79) 124608 7.7 2004-2016 - -30 | -11 | (N/A) 1980-2016 - -65 | -26 | (N/A) 133900 8.4
DK
N/A
N/A
29214
p
estimate
genuine
#
0.6
2006-2017 = -34.59 | 0.55 | (-18.75) 1981-2017 - -66.24 | -47.24 | (-57.77) # 53000 3.3 1996-2017 = N/A | N/A | (2.71) 1974-2017 = N/A | N/A | (-1.33) # 52800 3.3
EE
100000
150000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2.5
2006-2017 - -34 | -28 | (N/A) 1983-2018 - -79 | -60 | (N/A) 50300 3.1 2007-2018 = -2 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 5 | 6 | (N/A) 25100 1.6
FI
485817
649395
564498
p
mean
genuine
11.5
2007-2018 = -18 | 3 | (-8) 1980-2018 - 21 | 44 | (33) 260600 16.1 N/A N/A N/A 1980-2010 - 1 | 1 | (N/A) 260100 16.3
FR
11200
28000
N/A
p
estimate
method
#
0.4
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-70) 1989-2017 - -90 | -87 | (N/A) 99300 6.1 2009-2017 - -15 | -5 | (N/A) 1985-2017 - -32 | -24 | (N/A) 98900 6.2
GIB
11 50 50 i mean noChange N/A 2000-2018 = 0 | 0 | (0) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (0) other
IE
1007407
1726880
1351995
i
interval
genuine
#
N/A
2006-2016 - -16.8 | -7.7 | (-12.4) 1980-2016 x N/A 83200 5.1 2006-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-5) 1972-2016 = N/A | N/A | (8.1) # 82300 5.2
LT
30000
60000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.9
2013-2018 - -45 | -30 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -40 | -20 | (N/A) 32000 2.0 2006-2018 - -20 | -10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -40 | -30 | (N/A) 31600 2.0
LU
N/A
N/A
5
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-82) 1996-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-94) 150 # 2007-2018 - -80 | -70 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -80 | -70 | (N/A) 2500 0.2
LV
64554
118826
87582
p
interval
method
1.8
2005-2018 = -34 | 59.8 | (3.4) 1995-2018 = -61.31 | 36.59 | (N/A) 46600 2.9 2000-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-24) 1980-2017 = N/A | N/A | (-0.6) 45900 2.9
NL
55000
80000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
1.4
2006-2017 = -3 | 11 | (4) 1984-2017 - -26 | -3 | (-15) 41900 2.6 2000-2015 = N/A | N/A | (-5.84) 1977-2015 = N/A | N/A | (-7.7) 40200 2.5
PL
322000
409000
N/A
p
interval
knowledge
7.4
2007-2018 - -45 | -24 | (-36) 1980-2018 x N/A # N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
RO
0
3
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 100 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 100
SE
1000500
1129000
1104000
p
estimate
genuine
22.4
2007-2018 + 22 | 37 | (34) 1980-2018 u -50 | 50 | (N/A) # 487700 30.0 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 485400 30.4
SK
250
500
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2007-2018 - -60 | -30 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -60 | -30 | (N/A) 7209 0.4 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 8100 0.5
UK
2117456
2740469
2428963
p
interval
genuine
49.4
2004-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-3.5) 1980-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-42.51) # 271300 16.7 1989-2009 = 1.5 | 1.5 | (N/A) 1970-2009 = N/A # 269600 16.9
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 4940000 7230000 p = - 1620000 NE NE Depleted B B Threatened Anthus pratensis