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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.

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

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Increasing
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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.

Sensitive spatial information for this species is not shown in the map. Current selection: 2013-2018, Ardeola ralloides. 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
BG estimatePartial
CY estimatePartial
ES completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
HU completeSurvey
IT estimateExpert
PT estimatePartial
RO estimateExpert
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
BG estimatePartial
CY estimatePartial
ES estimateExpert
FR completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR estimatePartial
HU completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
PT estimatePartial
RO 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
BG
CY
ES
FR
GR
HR
HU
IT
PT
RO
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
BG
150
550
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
4.0
2001-2018 - -20 | -10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -20 | -10 | (N/A) 4543 6.8 2000-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -20 | -10 | (N/A) 4800 7.0
CY
8
12
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.1
2007-2018 + 71 | 300 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 25 | 50 | (N/A) 100 0.1 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-67) 1980-2018 x N/A 100 0.1
ES
1961
2449
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
25.1
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 15477 # 23.3 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 16300 23.8
FR
600
605
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
6.9
2007-2014 = 0 | 5 | (N/A) 1981-2014 + N/A | N/A | (652.5) 6300 9.5 2007-2014 + 0 | 5 | (N/A) 1970-2012 + 467 | 700 | (N/A) 6300 9.2
GR
N/A
N/A
562
p
minimum
genuine
6.4
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-19) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (116) 9000 13.5 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 8200 12.0
HR
N/A
N/A
20
p
minimum
N/A
0.2
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-20) 1980-2018 - -50 | -40 | (N/A) 76 0.1 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 1800 2.6
HU
244
286
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
3.0
2007-2018 F N/A 1976-2018 F N/A 4142 6.2 2000-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-11) 1976-2018 x N/A # 4200 6.1
IT
314
461
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
4.4
2002-2018 - -40 | -30 | (N/A) 1993-2018 = N/A 15800 23.8 2007-2018 + 20 | 25 | (N/A) 1993-2018 + 370 | 375 | (N/A) 15800 23.1
PT
10
50
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
0.3
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 1200 # 1.8 2005-2018 + N/A | N/A | (200) 1980-2018 + N/A # 1200 1.8
RO
2700
6000
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
49.5
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 9900 14.9 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 9800 14.3
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 6300 10600 p - + 56600 NE NE Secure A B Secure Ardeola ralloides