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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
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Stable
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Unknown
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Decreasing
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Fluctuating
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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, Ciconia ciconia. 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 completeSurvey
CZ completeSurvey
DE completeSurvey
DE completeSurvey
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
ES estimatePartial
FR estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR completeSurvey
HU completeSurvey
IT estimateExpert
LT estimatePartial
LU completeSurvey
LV completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
PL completeSurvey
PT completeSurvey
RO estimatePartial
SE completeSurvey
SI completeSurvey
SK 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 completeSurvey
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
DE estimateExpert
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
ES completeSurvey
FR estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR completeSurvey
HU completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
LT estimatePartial
LU completeSurvey
LV completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
PL absentData
PT estimatePartial
RO estimatePartial
SE completeSurvey
SI completeSurvey
SK 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
AT
BE
BG
CZ
DE
DE
DK
EE
ES
FR
GR
HR
HU
IT
LT
LU
LV
NL
PL
PT
RO
SE
SI
SK
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
AT
370
390
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.3
2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (10) 1981-2018 + N/A | N/A | (16) 16300 2.1 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1981-2018 + 20 | 30 | (N/A) 15300 2.1 Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa)
BE
14
48
31
p
estimate
genuine
#
2008-2018 + 250 | 1100 | (675) 1973-2018 + 2700 | 9500 | (6100) # 1089 # 0.3 2008-2018 + N/A | N/A | (55.57) 1973-2018 + N/A | N/A | (900) 16700 4.3 Ciconia ciconia (W Europe & North-west Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa)
BG
5700
6000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
5.0
2001-2018 + 15 | 20 | (N/A) 1980-2018 F N/A 91901 11.7 2001-2018 = 1 | 5 | (N/A) 1980-2018 F N/A 94400 13.1 Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa)
CZ
801
810
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.7
2007-2018 = N/A 1984-2018 + N/A | N/A | (30) # 48900 6.2 2002-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-7.55) 1986-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-3.03000) # 48300 6.7 Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa)
DE
3000
3500
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
6.0
2004-2016 + 199 | 358 | (271) 1980-2016 + 46 | 226 | (119) 87985 24.2 2004-2016 + 11 | 40 | (N/A) 1980-2016 + 41 | 180 | (N/A) 90100 23.3 Ciconia ciconia (W Europe & North-west Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa)
DE
N/A
N/A
3000
p
estimate
genuine
2.6
2004-2016 = -3 | 16 | (6) 1980-2016 + -5 | 133 | (49) 83130 10.6 2004-2016 + 11 | 40 | (N/A) 1980-2016 = -30 | 40 | (N/A) 86800 12.0 Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa)
DK
N/A
N/A
2
p
estimate
noChange
#
2006-2017 = N/A 1980-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-96) # 300 1996-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-57) 1974-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-94) # 300 Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa)
EE
4500
5500
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
4.3
2007-2018 + 54 | 61 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 200 | 300 | (N/A) 40600 5.2 2007-2018 = 3 | 5 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 11 | 12 | (N/A) 25800 3.6 Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa)
ES
N/A
N/A
33217
p
estimate
noChange
61.5
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (99.6) 127981 35.1 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (41.4) 1980-2018 + N/A | 583.3 | (N/A) 135800 35.1 Ciconia ciconia (W Europe & North-west Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa)
FR
N/A
N/A
3900
p
estimate
genuine
7.2
2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (180) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (11000) 54500 15.0 2009-2018 + N/A | N/A | (43) 1985-2018 + 250 | 300 | (N/A) 54000 13.9 Ciconia ciconia (W Europe & North-west Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa)
GR
N/A
N/A
2000
p
estimate
knowledge
1.7
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-11) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-2) 94400 # 12.0 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 44100 6.1 Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa)
HR
N/A
N/A
1759
p
interval
N/A
1.5
2004-2015 = N/A 1994-2015 = 0 | N/A | (0) 22200 2.8 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 22900 3.2 Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa)
HU
4400
5050
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
#
4.1
2007-2018 F N/A 1979-2018 F N/A # 76500 # 9.7 2007-2018 = N/A 1976-2018 = N/A # 77700 10.7 Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa)
IT
320
330
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.6
2007-2018 + 65 | 115 | (N/A) 1993-2018 + 3200 | 31900 | (N/A) 17200 4.7 2007-2018 + 40 | 45 | (N/A) 1993-2018 + N/A | N/A | (1750) 17200 4.4 Ciconia ciconia (W Europe & North-west Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa)
LT
18500
19500
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
16.4
2013-2018 - -5 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 120 | 150 | (N/A) 73500 9.3 2006-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 70900 9.8 Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa)
LU
1
2
N/A
p
mean
genuine
#
2007-2018 + 100 | 200 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 100 | 200 | (N/A) 2 # 2007-2018 + 100 | 200 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 100 | 200 | (N/A) N/A N/A Ciconia ciconia (W Europe & North-west Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa)
LV
13500
14200
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
11.9
2012-2018 + 38.41 | 38.48 | (38.46) 1980-2014 + N/A | N/A | (122) 66700 8.5 2000-2017 = N/A | N/A | (-4) 1980-2017 = N/A | N/A | (3) 64700 8.9 Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa)
NL
825
1075
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
1.8
2006-2017 + 109 | 179 | (141) 1980-2017 + 7000 | 9949 | (8351) 18400 5.0 2000-2015 + N/A | N/A | (138.96) 1977-2015 + N/A | N/A | (1050) 18100 4.7 Ciconia ciconia (W Europe & North-west Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa)
PL
47400
52700
N/A
p
mean
genuine
43.1
2007-2018 + 4 | 20 | (12) 1980-2018 + 55 | 75 | (N/A) # N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa)
PT
12400
12600
12307
p
estimate
genuine
22.8
2004-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 + N/A # 56900 # 15.6 2005-2018 = N/A | N/A | (-3) 1980-2018 + N/A # 55200 14.3 Ciconia ciconia (W Europe & North-west Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa)
RO
7500
9000
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
7.1
2008-2018 u -29 | 2 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 133600 17.0 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 132100 18.3 Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa)
SE
40
60
50
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2018 + 80 | 120 | (100) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (5000) 1800 0.2 2007-2018 + 20 | 40 | (30) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (100) 1800 0.2 Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa)
SI
218
267
N/A
p
interval
genuine
0.2
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (-10) 1979-2018 + N/A | N/A | (17) # 8300 1.1 2010-2018 + N/A | N/A | (21) 1979-2018 + N/A | N/A | (193) 7700 1.1 Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa)
SK
1100
1350
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
1.1
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-3) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-5) 29672 3.8 2007-2018 + 0 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = N/A 30800 4.3 Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa)
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 156000 168000 p + + 1010000 NE NE Secure A B Secure Ciconia ciconia