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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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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, Egretta garzetta. 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
CY estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
ES completeSurvey
ESIC completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
GIB
GR estimatePartial
HR completeSurvey
HU completeSurvey
IE estimateExpert
IT estimateExpert
MT estimateExpert
NL completeSurvey
PL completeSurvey
PT completeSurvey
PTAC
RO estimateExpert
SI
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
CY estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
ES completeSurvey
ESIC estimatePartial
FR estimatePartial
GIB
GR estimatePartial
HR estimatePartial
HU completeSurvey
IE estimatePartial
IT estimatePartial
MT estimateExpert
NL completeSurvey
PL estimatePartial
PT estimatePartial
PTAC
RO estimateExpert
SI
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 completeSurvey
BG
CY
CZ
ES completeSurvey
ESIC
FR completeSurvey
GIB estimateExpert
GR
HR estimateExpert
HU
IE completeSurvey
IT
MT
NL completeSurvey
PL
PT completeSurvey
PTAC absentData
RO
SI completeSurvey
SK
UK completeSurvey
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
AT
9
15
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2017 + 100 | 300 | (136) 1998-2017 + 50 | 500 | (N/A) # 200 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1981-2018 + N/A | N/A | (100) # 200
BE
28
41
34
p
estimate
genuine
2008-2018 + 70 | 148 | (106) 1995-2018 + 1020 | 1540 | (1260) # 534 # 0.2 2008-2018 + N/A | N/A | (185.56) 1995-2018 + N/A | N/A | (500) # 46 78 60 i interval genuine 0.2 2007-2018 + 13 | 241 | (97) 1992-2018 + 193 | 894 | (439) keywintering & I 10000 3.9
BG
500
2000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2.9
2000-2018 - -20 | -10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 6137 2.5 2000-2018 + 5 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 5 | 10 | (N/A) 6400 2.5
CY
3
10
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2018 + 66 | 200 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 300 | 400 | (N/A) 200 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-60) 1980-2018 x N/A 200
CZ
4
6
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
2001-2017 + 50 | 300 | (N/A) 1986-2016 + N/A | N/A | (500) # 1600 0.7 2002-2016 = N/A | N/A | (45.45) 1986-2016 = N/A | N/A | (1500) # 1600 0.6
ES
N/A
N/A
9470
p
estimate
knowledge
21.7
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (16) 45806 18.8 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (26) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (225) 9002 17840 13566 i estimate knowledge 36.0 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (10) keywintering & I 47400 18.7
ESIC
10
10
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
#
2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (1) # 100 2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 + 0 | 10 | (N/A) # 100
FR
11190
11190
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
25.7
2007-2014 - N/A | N/A | (-19) 1981-2014 + 394 | 394 | (N/A) 48400 19.9 2007-2014 + 10 | 30 | (N/A) 1981-2014 + N/A | N/A | (300) # 9700 9700 N/A i minimum genuine 25.8 2008-2017 F -50 | 100 | (N/A) 1980-2017 + N/A | N/A | (400) # keywintering & I 48400 19.1
GIB
1 3 3 i estimate noChange 2001-2012 = 1 | 3 | (3) 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering & I
GR
N/A
N/A
2549
p
estimate
genuine
5.8
2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (38) 1980-2015 + N/A | N/A | (115) 16400 # 6.7 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 13700 5.4
HR
180
500
N/A
p
mean
N/A
0.8
2007-2018 = -10 | -5 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = -10 | -5 | (N/A) 57 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - -10 | -5 | (N/A) 40 80 N/A i estimate N/A 0.2 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2013 x N/A keywintering & I 1700 0.7
HU
578
768
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
1.6
2007-2018 F N/A 1978-2018 + N/A | N/A | (116) # 7309 3.0 2007-2018 = N/A 1979-2018 + N/A | N/A | (103) # 7300 2.9
IE
323
645
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
#
1.1
2011-2018 + N/A | N/A | (29) 1997-2018 + 2592 | 5275 | (N/A) # 7200 3.0 2011-2018 + N/A | N/A | (29) 1997-2018 + N/A | N/A | (7100) # N/A N/A 1274 i mean genuine # 3.4 2004-2016 + N/A | N/A | (76.8) 1994-2016 + N/A | N/A | (3747.2) keywintering & I 7200 2.8
IT
8259
9971
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
20.9
2002-2018 - -20 | -10 | (N/A) 1993-2018 = N/A 38700 15.9 2007-2018 + 5 | 10 | (N/A) 1993-2018 + 345 | 350 | (N/A) 38700 15.3
MT
15
15
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
#
2013-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 1 2013-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 100
NL
35
90
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.1
2006-2017 - -64 | -47 | (-56) 1994-2017 + 2002 | 7478 | (3926) # 1700 0.7 2000-2015 + N/A | N/A | (112.5) 1994-2015 + N/A | N/A | (1600) # 142 338 240 i mean genuine 0.6 2006-2017 u -4 | 109 | (42) 1981-2017 + 9487 | 23013 | (14801) keywintering & I 1700 0.7
PL
0
0
0
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-100) 1980-2018 x N/A # 0.00000 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
PT
1031
1600
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
3.0
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 16900 # 6.9 2005-2018 + N/A | N/A | (182) 1980-2018 + N/A # 542 1555 1063 i mean N/A 2.8 2007-2018 u -43 | -11 | (N/A) 1988-2018 x N/A keywintering & I 16800 6.6
PTAC
N/A N/A N/A N/A minimum N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering & I
RO
4000
8000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
13.8
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 + 1 | 20 | (N/A) 18000 7.4 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 18000 7.1
SI
25 180 N/A i estimate genuine 0.3 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (54) 1980-2018 + 0 | 80 | (N/A) keywintering & I
SK
30
50
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 + 50 | 70 | (N/A) 519 0.2 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 700 0.3
UK
N/A
N/A
980
p
mean
genuine
#
2.2
2001-2016 + N/A | N/A | (305) 1978-2016 + N/A | N/A | (50470) # 33700 13.8 1989-2009 + 16750 | 16750 | (N/A) 1970-2009 + N/A N/A N/A 11583 i mean genuine # 30.8 2005-2016 + N/A | N/A | (96.1) 1993-2016 + N/A | N/A | (2400) # keywintering & I 33300 13.1
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 39100 48000 p - + 230000 NE NE 32300 42700 i + + Secure Secure A B Secure Egretta garzetta