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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.

Map is only available at subspecific level.

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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, Athene noctua. 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
BG estimatePartial
CY estimateExpert
CZ completeSurvey
DE completeSurvey
DK completeSurvey
ES estimatePartial
FR estimatePartial
GIB completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
HU estimateExpert
IT estimateExpert
LT estimatePartial
LU completeSurvey
LV estimateExpert
NL completeSurvey
PL estimateExpert
PT estimatePartial
RO estimateExpert
SI 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
BG estimatePartial
CY estimateExpert
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
DK completeSurvey
ES completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
GIB estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
HU completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
LT estimatePartial
LU completeSurvey
LV N/A
NL completeSurvey
PL absentData
PT estimatePartial
RO completeSurvey
SI absentData
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
BG
CY
CZ
DE
DK
ES
FR
GIB
GR
HR
HU
IT
LT
LU
LV
NL
PL
PT
RO
SI
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
140
190
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (10) 1981-2018 - -80 | -50 | (N/A) 4000 0.3 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-17) 1981-2018 - -60 | -30 | (N/A) 4000 0.3
BE
7900
12200
10100
p
estimate
noChange
3.8
2008-2018 = -25 | 16 | (-4) 1973-2018 + 8 | 67 | (38) 27629 # 1.9 2008-2018 = N/A 1973-2018 = N/A 27700 1.9
BG
5000
8000
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
2.4
2000-2018 - -40 | -20 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 5 | (N/A) # 106085 7.4 2000-2018 = 0 | 5 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 5 | (N/A) 109900 7.4
CY
4000
10000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2.6
2007-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 6500 0.5 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (18) 1980-2018 x N/A 6500 0.4
CZ
100
150
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-50) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-90) # 5700 0.4 2002-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-67.85) 1986-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-87.38) # 5700 0.4
DE
7500
8500
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
3.0
2004-2016 = -8 | 5 | (-1) 1980-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-1) 64833 4.5 2004-2016 = -10 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2016 - -65 | -26 | (N/A) 65600 4.4
DK
N/A
N/A
10
p
estimate
noChange
#
2006-2017 - -97.28 | -85.42 | (-93.51) 1990-2017 - -98.36 | -89.42 | (-95.77) # 2500 0.2 1996-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-67.94) 1974-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-88.63) # 2500 0.2
ES
N/A
N/A
39433
p
minimum
noChange
14.7
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-25) 1980-2018 - -40 | -20 | (N/A) 142271 9.9 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - N/A 150200 10.1
FR
25000
50000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
13.9
2007-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -50 | -20 | (N/A) 266800 18.6 2007-2018 = 0 | 0 | (4.1) 1985-2017 - -10 | -2 | (N/A) # 265900 17.9
GIB
1
5
5
p
mean
genuine
#
2001-2018 - -5 | -1 | (-1) 1980-2018 - -5 | -1 | (-1) 3 2001-2018 = 0 | 0 | (0) 1980-2018 = 1 | 5 | (5) 300
GR
5000
15000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
3.7
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 191100 13.3 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 180200 12.2
HR
4000
6000
N/A
p
estimate
N/A
1.9
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 26059 1.8 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 72800 4.9
HU
3000
4000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
1.3
2007-2018 + 20 | 50 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A # 50967 3.5 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (10) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (20) # 52200 3.5
IT
40000
70000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
20.4
2007-2018 x N/A 1993-2018 + 130 | 300 | (N/A) 261100 18.2 2007-2018 = N/A 1993-2018 + 20 | 25 | (N/A) 260800 17.6
LT
5
10
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
2013-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 100 2006-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 100
LU
20
30
N/A
p
mean
genuine
#
2007-2018 + 0 | 30 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -70 | -50 | (N/A) 303 # 2007-2018 - -30 | -10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -50 | -30 | (N/A) 2300 0.2
LV
0
0
0
p
estimate
noChange
2007-2018 = 0 | 0 | (0) 1980-2018 - -100 | -100 | (-100) # 0.00000 # 2013-2017 = 0 | 0 | (0) 1980-2017 - -100 | -100 | (-100) # N/A N/A
NL
7500
8500
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
3.0
2006-2017 = -7 | 11 | (2) 1980-2017 - -45 | -43 | (-44) 29500 2.0 2000-2015 = N/A | N/A | (-8.66) 1977-2015 - N/A | N/A | (-18.28) # 26900 1.8
PL
500
1000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.3
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 - -67 | -54 | (N/A) N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
PT
40000
60000
N/A
p
estimate
method
#
18.6
2009-2017 - N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 39800 # 2.8 2005-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-43) 1980-2018 = N/A # 39800 2.7
RO
15000
40000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
10.2
2014-2018 u -8 | 21 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 200500 14.0 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 197300 13.3
SI
100
150
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2002-2017 x N/A 1980-2017 - -87 | -70 | (N/A) # 2500 # 0.2 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-18) # 2500 0.2
SK
300
600
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.2
2007-2018 - -30 | -20 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -70 | -40 | (N/A) 7815 0.5 2007-2018 - -30 | -20 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -70 | -50 | (N/A) 8200 0.6
UK
2338
4888
3613
p
interval
genuine
#
N/A
2004-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-48.03000) 1980-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-69.77) # 123800 # N/A 1989-2009 = 0.81 | 0.81 | (N/A) 1970-2009 - -10.35 | -10.35 | (N/A) # N/A N/A Athene noctua (non-native populations)
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 191000 299000 p x = 1350000 NE NE Unknown E B Unknown Athene noctua