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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 spinoletta. 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 estimatePartial
BG estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
ES estimatePartial
FR estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
IT estimateExpert
LU
PL estimatePartial
PT estimatePartial
RO completeSurvey
SI completeSurvey
SK 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
BG estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
ES completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
IT estimatePartial
LU
PL absentData
PT estimatePartial
RO completeSurvey
SI absentData
SK estimatePartial
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
BG
CZ
DE
ES
FR
GR
HR
IT
LU completeSurvey
PL
PT
RO
SI
SK
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
AT
75000
100000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
17.4
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (9) 1981-2018 x N/A 40000 20.4 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (8) 1981-2018 x N/A 37300 19.7
BG
16000
25000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
4.1
2000-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 10453 5.3 2000-2018 = 0 | 5 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 5 | (N/A) 11300 6.0
CZ
50
70
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 1200 0.6 2002-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-8.33) 1986-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-21.42) # 1200 0.6
DE
900
1800
N/A
p
mean
noChange
0.3
2004-2016 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2016 = N/A | N/A | (0) 4218 2.1 2004-2016 + 11 | 40 | (N/A) 1980-2016 = -30 | 40 | (N/A) 4600 2.4
ES
16000
32000
30000
p
estimate
noChange
6.0
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A # 22578 11.5 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A # 22800 12.0
FR
30000
60000
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
9.0
2007-2017 x N/A 1989-2017 x N/A 34900 17.8 2009-2017 x N/A 1985-2017 u -6 | 1 | (N/A) 33100 17.5
GR
200
500
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 12400 6.3 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 11300 6.0
HR
N/A
N/A
1000
p
minimum
N/A
0.2
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 3065 1.6 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 3600 1.9
IT
70000
150000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
21.9
2012-2017 - -20 | -10 | (N/A) 1993-2018 + 110 | 135 | (N/A) 53500 27.2 2007-2018 = N/A 1993-2018 = N/A 49900 26.4
LU
100 150 N/A i estimate genuine N/A 2007-2018 + 30 | 50 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 100 | 300 | (N/A) other
PL
1700
2600
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.4
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
PT
10
50
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 400 # 0.2 2005-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-33) 1980-2018 x N/A # 400 0.2
RO
129741
272737
N/A
p
interval
method
40.1
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 8600 4.4 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 8600 4.5
SI
1500
3000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
0.5
2008-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 1800 # 0.9 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (4) # 1700 0.9
SK
700
1100
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.2
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 3400 1.7 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - -25 | -1 | (N/A) # 3600 1.9
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 383000 718000 p x x 187000 NE NE Unknown E B Unknown Anthus spinoletta