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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, Bubulcus ibis. 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 completeSurvey
CY completeSurvey
CZ completeSurvey
ES completeSurvey
ESIC completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
IT estimateExpert
MT estimateExpert
PT completeSurvey
RO estimateExpert
UK completeSurvey
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 completeSurvey
CY completeSurvey
CZ completeSurvey
ES completeSurvey
ESIC completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
GR absentData
IT estimatePartial
MT estimateExpert
PT estimatePartial
RO estimatePartial
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
BE completeSurvey
CY estimatePartial
CZ
ES completeSurvey
ESIC
FR
GR
IT
MT
PT
RO
UK
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
BE
3
8
5
p
estimate
genuine
2008-2018 + 500 | 1500 | (900) 1973-2018 + 50 | 300 | (250) 86 # 2008-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1973-2018 = N/A 11 56 25 i interval genuine N/A 2007-2018 + 82 | 2032 | (523) 1992-2018 + N/A | N/A | (29601) other 2300 1.6
CY
100
200
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.2
2007-2018 + 122 | 185 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 700 | 1600 | (N/A) 300 0.2 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (50) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (200) 350 750 N/A i estimate genuine # N/A 2007-2018 + 36 | 75 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 5000 | 10000 | (N/A) other 300 0.2
CZ
0
2
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
2002-2016 + N/A 1986-2016 + N/A # 200 0.1 2002-2016 + N/A | N/A | (200) 1986-2016 + N/A | N/A | (200) # 200 0.1
ES
28293
32109
30480
p
estimate
knowledge
42.7
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A # 50217 38.7 2007-2018 + 0.66 | 85.7 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = N/A 83215 93515 87177 i estimate knowledge N/A 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-43.8) 1980-2018 - N/A other 52300 36.5
ESIC
N/A
N/A
203
p
estimate
genuine
#
0.3
2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (1) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (1) # 100 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (1) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (1) # 100
FR
11777
11777
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
16.5
2007-2014 - N/A | N/A | (-17) 1985-2018 + N/A | N/A | (15800) # 32500 25.1 2007-2014 + 30.3 | 35.6 | (N/A) 1975-2014 + N/A | N/A | (3533) 32500 22.7
GR
N/A
N/A
20
p
minimum
genuine
2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (1900) 1980-2018 x N/A N/A # N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
IT
9053
15321
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
17.1
2002-2018 + 100 | 210 | (N/A) 1985-2018 + 25760 | 43675 | (N/A) # 26700 20.6 2007-2018 + 50 | 50 | (N/A) 1993-2018 + N/A | N/A | (15700) # 26700 18.6
MT
20
20
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
#
2013-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 1 2013-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 100
PT
14900
18000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
23.1
2007-2018 + N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 18600 # 14.3 2005-2018 + N/A | N/A | (313) 1980-2018 + N/A # 18300 12.8
RO
30
60
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2018 + 250 | 300 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 400 | 500 | (N/A) 500 0.4 2007-2018 + 100 | 150 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 300 | 500 | (N/A) 500 0.3
UK
9
13
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
#
2001-2016 u N/A 1978-2016 + N/A # 500 0.4 1989-2009 + N/A 1970-2009 + N/A 10100 7.0
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 64300 77700 p + + 129000 NE NE Secure A B Secure Bubulcus ibis