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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, Emberiza cirlus. 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
BG estimatePartial
DE completeSurvey
ES completeSurvey
FR estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
HU completeSurvey
IT estimateExpert
PT estimatePartial
RO estimateExpert
SI completeSurvey
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
BG estimatePartial
DE estimateExpert
ES completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
HU completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
PT estimatePartial
RO completeSurvey
SI absentData
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
BG
DE
ES
FR
GR
HR
HU
IT
PT
RO
SI
UK
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
BG
50000
70000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
1.8
2000-2018 + 3 | 5 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 5 | 10 | (N/A) # 62332 5.5 2000-2018 + 3 | 5 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 5 | 10 | (N/A) # 64900 5.6
DE
550
700
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2004-2016 + N/A | N/A | (123) 1985-2016 + N/A | N/A | (196) 5682 0.5 2004-2016 + 41 | 100 | (N/A) 1980-2016 + 41 | 180 | (N/A) 6600 0.6
ES
1260000
1660000
N/A
p
interval
noChange
44.0
2007-2018 - N/A 1980-2018 - N/A 197348 17.4 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 207200 18.0
FR
200000
400000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
9.0
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-15.8) 2001-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-7) # 368500 32.6 2009-2017 = N/A 1985-2018 = N/A 368000 31.9
GR
420000
780000
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
18.1
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 171400 15.2 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 166700 14.4
HR
10000
50000
N/A
p
estimate
N/A
0.9
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 20329 1.8 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 36700 3.2
HU
0
0
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
2007-2018 = N/A 1981-2018 - -100 | -100 | (N/A) # 0.00000 2007-2018 = N/A 1981-2018 - -100 | -100 | (N/A) # N/A N/A
IT
300000
800000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
16.6
2000-2014 + 5 | 10 | (N/A) 1993-2018 + 0 | 35 | (N/A) 235000 20.8 2007-2018 + 5 | 10 | (N/A) 1993-2018 + 20 | 25 | (N/A) 234400 20.3
PT
100000
500000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
9.0
2004-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A # 54200 # 4.8 2005-2018 = N/A | N/A | (-20) 1980-2018 = N/A # 53500 4.6
RO
1000
10000
N/A
p
estimate
noInfo
0.2
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 9500 0.8 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 9500 0.8
SI
6700
15000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.3
2008-2018 = N/A | N/A | (-14) 1980-2018 x N/A # 4500 # 0.4 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (81) # 3800 0.3
UK
N/A
N/A
1079
p
estimate
genuine
2001-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-52) 1978-2016 + N/A | N/A | (104) 2600 0.2 1989-2009 - -10.34 | -10.34 | (N/A) 1970-2009 - -84.97 | -84.97 | (N/A) 2600 0.2
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 2340000 4280000 p = = 1120000 NE NE Secure A B Secure Emberiza cirlus