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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, Arenaria interpres. 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
BE
BG
DE completeSurvey
DK completeSurvey
EE completeSurvey
ES
FI estimatePartial
FR
GIB
IE
IT
NL
PT
PTAC
SE estimatePartial
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
BE
BG
DE absentData
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
ES
FI completeSurvey
FR
GIB
IE
IT
NL
PT
PTAC
SE estimatePartial
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
BE completeSurvey
BG completeSurvey
DE completeSurvey
DK
EE
ES completeSurvey
FI
FR completeSurvey
GIB estimatePartial
IE completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
NL completeSurvey
PT completeSurvey
PTAC estimatePartial
SE
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
BE
800 1400 1100 i interval genuine 1.2 2007-2018 u -49 | 24 | (-20) 1992-2018 - -59 | -28 | (-46) keywintering
BG
0 2 N/A i estimate noChange 2000-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering
DE
N/A
N/A
0
p
estimate
genuine
#
2004-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-56) 1985-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-32) # N/A N/A 2004-2016 N/A N/A 1980-2016 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2100 i mean method 2.3 2003-2016 - -28 | -4 | (-17) 1980-2016 x N/A keywintering N/A N/A
DK
N/A
N/A
20
p
estimate
noChange
#
0.8
2006-2017 - -83.91 | -61.28 | (-74.84) 1980-2017 = -7.31 | 210.08000 | (70.35) # 300 0.6 1996-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-57.14) 1974-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-57.14) # 300 0.6
EE
20
40
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
1.2
2006-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-17) 1980-2017 - -89 | -75 | (N/A) 3500 6.9 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (-1) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-55) 3500 6.9
ES
2937 3735 N/A i estimate knowledge 3.7 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (9.5) keywintering
FI
616
2238
1486
p
interval
genuine
#
61.0
2007-2018 - 8 | 43 | (27) 1980-2018 - 80 | 87 | (84) 28000 55.3 2001-2012 x N/A 1980-2010 - 25 | 25 | (N/A) 28000 55.3
FR
23600 30000 26800 i mean noChange # 29.6 2007-2017 + 9 | 59 | (32) 1980-2017 + 1393 | 2812 | (1988) # keywintering
GIB
6 10 10 i mean noChange 2001-2018 = 6 | 10 | (10) 1980-2018 = 6 | 10 | (10) keywintering
IE
N/A N/A 6296 i mean genuine # 7.0 2004-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-31.3) 1987-2016 x N/A keywintering
IT
115 243 N/A i estimate method # 0.2 2009-2015 = N/A 1991-2015 + 325 | 800 | (N/A) keywintering
NL
4917 8548 5857 i mean noChange 6.5 2006-2017 = -17 | 47 | (10) 1981-2017 = -27 | 31 | (-2) keywintering
PT
1067 2378 1636 i mean N/A # 1.8 2007-2018 u -49 | -21 | (N/A) 1988-2018 u N/A # keywintering
PTAC
N/A N/A 156 i minimum N/A # 0.2 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # keywintering
SE
750
1100
900
p
estimate
genuine
37.0
2007-2018 - -60 | -40 | (-50) 1980-2018 - -80 | -60 | (-70) 18800 37.1 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - -30 | -20 | (-25) 18800 37.1
UK
N/A N/A 42904 i mean genuine 47.5 2005-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-19.4) 1980-2016 = N/A | N/A | (3.1) keywintering
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 1400 3400 p - - 50600 NE NE 84800 97800 i = + Threatened Secure C B Threatened Arenaria interpres