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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.

Warning: The map does not show the distribution for sensitive species in GR

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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.

Sensitive spatial information for this species is not shown in the map. Current selection: 2013-2018, Ciconia ciconia, Ciconia ciconia (Central & Eastern Europe/Sub-Saharan Africa). 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
BG completeSurvey
CZ completeSurvey
DE completeSurvey
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR completeSurvey
HU completeSurvey
LT estimatePartial
LV completeSurvey
PL completeSurvey
RO estimatePartial
SE completeSurvey
SI completeSurvey
SK estimatePartial
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change ℹ % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude ℹ
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
BG completeSurvey
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR completeSurvey
HU completeSurvey
LT estimatePartial
LV completeSurvey
PL absentData
RO estimatePartial
SE completeSurvey
SI completeSurvey
SK estimatePartial
Area
ℹ % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude ℹ 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
BG
CZ
DE
DK
EE
GR
HR
HU
LT
LV
PL
RO
SE
SI
SK
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change ℹ % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude ℹ 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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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