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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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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.

Sensitive spatial information for this species is not shown in the map. Current selection: 2013-2018, Circus pygargus. 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 estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
DE completeSurvey
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
ES completeSurvey
FI estimateExpert
FR completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
HU completeSurvey
IT estimateExpert
LT estimatePartial
LV completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
PL completeSurvey
PT estimatePartial
RO estimateExpert
SE completeSurvey
SK estimatePartial
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
AT completeSurvey
BE completeSurvey
BG estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
ES completeSurvey
FI completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR estimatePartial
HU completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
LT estimatePartial
LV completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
PL absentData
PT estimatePartial
RO estimateExpert
SE estimatePartial
SK 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
AT
BE
BG
CZ
DE
DK
EE
ES
FI
FR
GR
HR
HU
IT
LT
LV
NL
PL
PT
RO
SE
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
23
43
N/A
bfemales
estimate
genuine
0.2
2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (88) 1981-2018 + N/A | N/A | (700) 2400 0.5 2007-2018 - -50 | -20 | (N/A) 1981-2018 + 400 | 600 | (N/A) 2300 0.5
BE
1
8
4
bfemales
estimate
noChange
2008-2018 = N/A 1973-2018 = N/A # 1773 # 0.4 2008-2018 + N/A | N/A | (119.43) 1973-2018 + N/A | N/A | (125.29) 12200 2.4
BG
300
350
N/A
bfemales
estimate
noChange
1.9
2000-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 + 1400 | 1600 | (N/A) 18355 4.1 2000-2018 + 200 | 350 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 450 | 780 | (N/A) 18800 3.7
CZ
130
300
N/A
bfemales
estimate
noChange
#
1.3
2004-2014 + N/A | N/A | (20) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (50) # 29800 6.6 2002-2016 + N/A | N/A | (160.37) 1986-2016 + N/A | N/A | (500) # 29600 5.9
DE
430
450
N/A
bfemales
estimate
genuine
2.6
2004-2016 + 19 | 58 | (37) 1985-2016 + N/A | N/A | (240) 39660 8.8 2004-2016 = -10 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2016 = -30 | 40 | (N/A) 41300 8.2
DK
N/A
N/A
31
bfemales
estimate
noChange
0.2
2004-2017 F N/A 1980-2017 F N/A 1800 0.4 1996-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-18.18) 1974-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-14.28) # 1900 0.4
EE
300
400
N/A
bfemales
estimate
knowledge
2.1
2007-2018 = -25 | 19 | (N/A) 1987-2018 = -68 | 51 | (N/A) 23600 5.2 2007-2018 + 25 | 60 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 65 | 178 | (N/A) # 15000 3.0
ES
4393
5493
N/A
bfemales
estimate
genuine
#
29.2
2007-2018 - -23 | -19 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - N/A 93170 20.7 2007-2018 u -13 | 23.7 | (N/A) 1980-2018 u -10 | 10 | (N/A) 100600 19.9
FI
1
10
5
bfemales
estimate
noChange
2007-2018 = N/A 1986-2018 x N/A 1500 0.3 N/A N/A N/A 1980-2010 + 100 | 100 | (N/A) 1500 0.3
FR
3900
5100
4500
bfemales
estimate
method
26.6
2005-2017 - -39 | -4 | (-23) 1982-2011 x N/A 127900 28.5 2009-2017 = N/A | N/A | (-3) 1985-2013 - N/A | N/A | (-15) 127800 25.3
GR
5
10
N/A
bfemales
estimate
knowledge
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-62.5) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-62.5) 1300 0.3 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 1100 0.2
HR
60
80
N/A
bfemales
estimate
N/A
0.4
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 5126 1.1 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 11300 2.2
HU
49
60
N/A
bfemales
estimate
genuine
0.3
2005-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-70) 1980-2018 - -25 | -18 | (N/A) # 4123 0.9 2005-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-6) 1980-2018 x N/A 4100 0.8
IT
260
380
N/A
bfemales
estimate
noChange
1.9
2007-2018 x N/A 1993-2018 + 5 | 30 | (N/A) 33300 7.4 2007-2018 - -10 | -5 | (N/A) 1993-2018 + 140 | 145 | (N/A) 33300 6.6
LT
550
700
N/A
bfemales
estimate
knowledge
3.7
2013-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 900 | 1000 | (N/A) 16700 3.7 2006-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 60 | 70 | (N/A) 16700 3.3
LV
57
1046
220
bfemales
interval
method
#
1.3
2014-2018 u -75.3 | 144 | (-32.3) 1980-2018 x N/A 12600 2.8 2000-2013 = N/A | N/A | (5) 1980-2017 + N/A | N/A | (600) 12600 2.5
NL
36
59
N/A
bfemales
estimate
genuine
#
0.3
2006-2017 = -23 | 31 | (1) 1980-2017 + 112 | 1187 | (428) 2600 0.6 2000-2015 + N/A | N/A | (18.18) 1977-2015 = N/A | N/A | (4) 2500 0.5
PL
3400
4500
N/A
bfemales
estimate
method
#
23.4
2008-2018 - -59 | -14 | (-40) 1980-2018 + 500 | 700 | (N/A) # N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
PT
300
1000
N/A
bfemales
estimate
noChange
#
3.8
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 17400 # 3.9 2005-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-63) 1980-2018 - N/A # 17000 3.4
RO
20
50
N/A
bfemales
estimate
noChange
0.2
2007-2018 F -50 | 50 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 3400 0.8 2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A 3300 0.7
SE
44
56
50
bfemales
estimate
genuine
0.3
2007-2018 - -25 | -5 | (-15) 1980-2018 = -20 | 20 | (0) 8400 1.9 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 8400 1.7
SK
10
40
N/A
bfemales
estimate
knowledge
0.1
2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A 800 0.2 2007-2018 - -40 | -30 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -40 | -30 | (N/A) 800 0.2
UK
N/A
N/A
8
bfemales
mean
genuine
#
2001-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-34) 1978-2016 + N/A | N/A | (17) 3600 # 0.8 1989-2009 + 12.5 | 12.5 | (N/A) 1970-2009 - -28 | -28 | (N/A) 42600 8.4
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 14200 20200 bfemales - x 445000 NE NE Threatened C B Secure Circus pygargus