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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 LT

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Increasing
=
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, Emberiza hortulana. 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 estimateExpert
EE estimateExpert
ES estimatePartial
FI completeSurvey
FR estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
HU completeSurvey
IT estimateExpert
LT estimatePartial
LV estimatePartial
NL completeSurvey
PL completeSurvey
PT estimatePartial
RO completeSurvey
SE estimatePartial
SI 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
EE estimatePartial
ES completeSurvey
FI completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
HU completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
LT estimatePartial
LV completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
PL absentData
PT estimatePartial
RO completeSurvey
SE estimatePartial
SI 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
EE
ES
FI
FR
GR
HR
HU
IT
LT
LV
NL
PL
PT
RO
SE
SI
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
AT
0
1
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-100) 1981-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-99) 200 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1981-2018 - -95 | -90 | (N/A) 200
BE
0
0
0
p
estimate
noChange
2008-2018 = N/A 1973-2018 - -100 | -100 | (-100) # 0.00000 # 2008-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-100) 1973-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-100) N/A N/A
BG
34000
150000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
6.6
2001-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 = 0 | 5 | (N/A) 94366 14.7 2001-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 97200 15.2
CZ
75
100
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 4300 0.7 2002-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-2.5) 1986-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-18.75) # 4300 0.7
DE
7500
11500
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.7
2004-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-27) 1985-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-28) # 49677 7.8 2004-2016 = -10 | 10 | (0) 1980-2016 - -65 | -26 | (N/A) 50500 7.9
EE
200
300
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2006-2017 - -100 | -50 | (N/A) 1980-2017 - -100 | -50 | (N/A) 8400 1.3 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-17) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-58) 8400 1.3
ES
180500
365000
N/A
p
interval
noChange
19.7
2007-2018 - -40.8 | N/A | (N/A) 1980-2018 - N/A # 29456 4.6 2007-2018 - -9.2 | N/A | (N/A) 1980-2018 - N/A # 30000 4.7
FI
2473
16074
7295
p
estimate
genuine
0.5
2007-2018 - 70 | 97 | (90) 1980-2018 - 98.5 | 99.9 | (99.56) 57800 9.0 2007-2018 - N/A 1980-2010 - 64 | 64 | (N/A) 57800 9.0
FR
5000
8000
N/A
p
estimate
method
0.5
2007-2017 - -70 | -50 | (N/A) 1980-2017 - -80 | -75 | (N/A) 35400 5.5 2007-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-1) 1985-2017 - -40 | -30 | (N/A) 35000 5.5
GR
20000
50000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2.5
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 104400 16.3 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 99100 15.5
HR
3500
6000
N/A
p
estimate
N/A
0.3
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 1369 0.2 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 3600 0.6
HU
0
1
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - -100 | -95 | (N/A) # 100 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - -100 | -90 | (N/A) 100
IT
4000
16000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.7
2012-2017 = N/A 1993-2018 + 0 | 100 | (N/A) 41300 6.4 2007-2018 - -25 | -20 | (N/A) 1993-2018 - -30 | -25 | (N/A) 41200 6.4
LT
118
140
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
2013-2018 - -20 | -15 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -80 | -70 | (N/A) 1000 0.2 2001-2012 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2012 - -40 | -30 | (N/A) 1000 0.2
LV
144
700
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2008-2018 - -71.31 | -66.57 | (-69.94) 1995-2018 u -86.33 | 42311.84 | (N/A) 5100 0.8 2000-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-68) 1980-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-56) 5100 0.8
NL
0
0
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
2006-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-100) 1980-2005 - -100 | -100 | (-100) # 0.00000 2000-2015 - N/A | N/A | (-100) 1977-2005 - N/A | N/A | (-100) # N/A N/A
PL
176000
243000
N/A
p
interval
genuine
15.1
2007-2018 - -31 | -6 | (-20) 1980-2018 x N/A # N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
PT
500
2500
N/A
p
estimate
method
#
0.1
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 3900 # 0.6 2005-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-59) 1980-2018 x N/A # 3900 0.6
RO
596091
875881
N/A
p
interval
method
53.1
2008-2018 u 0 | 5 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 145100 22.6 2007-2018 + 1 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 142700 22.3
SE
400
1800
1500
p
estimate
genuine
0.1
2007-2018 - -94 | -71 | (-86) 1980-2018 - -96 | -88 | (-93) 58600 9.1 2007-2018 - -20 | -10 | (-15) 1980-2018 - -80 | -60 | (-70) 58600 9.2
SI
N/A
N/A
9
cmales
estimate
genuine
#
N/A
2005-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-88.1) 1979-2016 - -98 | -95 | (N/A) 900 0.1 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-80) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-95) 900 0.1
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 659000 1430000 p - x 671000 NE NE Near Threatened C B Declining Emberiza hortulana