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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
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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.

Current selection: 2013-2018, Asio flammeus. 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 completeSurvey
BG
CZ completeSurvey
DE completeSurvey
DK completeSurvey
EE estimateExpert
ES completeSurvey
FI estimatePartial
FR estimateExpert
HR estimatePartial
HU completeSurvey
IE
IT
LT estimatePartial
LU
LV estimateExpert
NL completeSurvey
PL estimatePartial
PT
RO estimateExpert
SE estimateExpert
SI
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
BG
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
ES completeSurvey
FI completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
HR estimateExpert
HU completeSurvey
IE
IT
LT estimateExpert
LU
LV estimateExpert
NL completeSurvey
PL absentData
PT
RO absentData
SE estimateExpert
SI
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 estimateExpert
BG estimatePartial
CZ estimateExpert
DE
DK
EE
ES estimatePartial
FI
FR
HR
HU estimateExpert
IE absentData
IT estimatePartial
LT
LU estimatePartial
LV
NL
PL
PT estimatePartial
RO
SE
SI estimateExpert
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
1
46
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.3
2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (145) 1981-2018 + 20 | 60 | (N/A) 1200 0.3 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1981-2018 + 20 | 40 | (N/A) 1200 0.3
BE
0
26
13
p
mean
genuine
0.1
2008-2018 F N/A 1973-2018 + -100 | 767 | (333) 1116 # 0.3 2008-2018 F N/A 1973-2018 F N/A 10 50 N/A i estimate noChange 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A I 7800 1.9
BG
100 200 N/A i estimate noChange # 0.3 2000-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A I
CZ
0
5
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A # 3100 0.8 2002-2016 F N/A | N/A | (130.76) 1986-2016 F N/A | N/A | (500) # 10 200 N/A i estimate noChange # 0.2 2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A # I 3100 0.8
DE
40
45
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.5
2004-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-54) 1985-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-55) 3752 # 0.9 2004-2016 - -100 | -31 | (N/A) 1980-2016 - -100 | -66 | (N/A) 4700 1.1
DK
N/A
N/A
6
p
estimate
noChange
2004-2017 F N/A 1980-2017 F N/A 700 0.2 1996-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-53) 1974-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-83) # 700 0.2
EE
5
20
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
0.1
2007-2018 F N/A 1987-2018 F N/A 4800 1.2 2007-2018 F N/A | N/A | (-1) 1980-2018 F N/A | N/A | (-48) 4800 1.2
ES
N/A
N/A
162
p
minimum
knowledge
1.9
2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A # 6186 1.5 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 F N/A 42000 72000 N/A i interval noChange 98.8 2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A # I 6300 1.5
FI
500
14000
5000
p
estimate
noChange
58.1
2007-2018 F N/A 1982-2018 - 55 | 78 | (69) 69100 17.2 N/A N/A N/A 1980-2010 - 29 | 29 | (N/A) 68900 16.9
FR
40
120
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
0.9
2007-2017 F N/A 1989-2017 F N/A # 7100 1.8 2013-2018 x N/A 1989-2018 - -35 | -5 | (N/A) # 7100 1.7
HR
0
10
N/A
p
estimate
N/A
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2017 x N/A 300 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 500 0.1
HU
7
41
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
#
0.3
2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A # 3041 0.8 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-53) 1980-2018 F N/A # 50 500 N/A i estimate noChange # 0.5 2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A I 3200 0.8
IE
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A noChange # N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1984-2012 x N/A # I
IT
8 34 N/A i estimate method # 2007-2018 x N/A 1991-2015 x N/A I
LT
10
60
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.4
2013-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A 700 0.2 2006-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 700 0.2
LU
1 5 N/A i estimate noChange 2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 x N/A I
LV
0
0
0
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2018 - -100 | -100 | (-100) 1980-2018 - -100 | -100 | (-100) # 0.00000 # 2000-2017 - -100 | -100 | (-100) 1980-2017 - -100 | -100 | (-100) # N/A N/A
NL
10
100
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.6
2007-2018 u -1 | 196 | (74) 1980-2017 - -89 | -83 | (-86) # 4300 1.1 2000-2015 + N/A | N/A | (53.57) 1977-2015 - N/A | N/A | (-70.74) 4300 1.1
PL
0
35
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.2
2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 - -100 | -56 | (N/A) # N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
PT
50 150 80 i mean noChange # 0.1 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A I
RO
0
30
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
0.2
2007-2018 F -100 | 3000 | (N/A) 1980-2018 F -100 | 3000 | (N/A) 2900 0.7 2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A 2900 0.7
SE
760
4700
1700
p
mean
noChange
19.8
2007-2018 F -50 | 150 | (N/A) 1980-2018 F N/A 251400 62.5 2007-2018 u -20 | 20 | (N/A) 1980-2018 u -20 | 20 | (N/A) # 250300 61.3
SI
10 50 N/A i estimate genuine 2002-2017 + 900 | 4900 | (N/A) 1980-2017 + 900 | 4900 | (N/A) I
SK
0
12
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A 351 2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A 400 0.1
UK
620
2180
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
16.3
2004-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A 41900 10.4 1989-2009 - -38.38 | -38.38 | (N/A) 1970-2009 - -47.16 | -47.16 | (N/A) 41400 10.1
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 2100 21600 p F - 3990000 NE NE 42200 73200 i NE NE Depleted Not evaluated B B Secure Asio flammeus