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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, Falco columbarius. 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
BE
BG
CZ
DK
EE estimatePartial
ES
FI estimatePartial
FR
GR
HR
HU
IE estimateExpert
IT
LT estimatePartial
LV estimateExpert
PT
RO
SE estimatePartial
SK
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
BE
BG
CZ
DK
EE estimatePartial
ES
FI completeSurvey
FR
GR
HR
HU
IE estimatePartial
IT
LT estimatePartial
LV completeSurvey
PT
RO
SE estimatePartial
SK
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 estimatePartial
BE estimateExpert
BG estimateExpert
CZ estimateExpert
DK estimatePartial
EE
ES estimatePartial
FI
FR completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
HU estimatePartial
IE
IT estimatePartial
LT
LV
PT estimatePartial
RO estimateExpert
SE
SK estimatePartial
UK estimateExpert
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
AT
25 100 N/A i estimate noChange 0.7 2007-2018 x N/A 1981-2018 x N/A I
BE
10 100 N/A i estimate noChange 0.6 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # I
BG
100 200 N/A i estimate noChange 1.6 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A I
CZ
200 400 N/A i estimate noChange # 3.2 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # I
DK
N/A N/A 36 i minimum noChange # 0.4 2006-2017 x N/A 1980-2017 x N/A # I
EE
10
30
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.2
2006-2017 - -50 | -20 | (N/A) 1980-2017 - -50 | -20 | (N/A) 600 0.1 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-21) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-94) 600 0.1
ES
N/A N/A 1445 i minimum knowledge 15.7 2007-2018 u -17.4 | 20.7 | (1.6) 1980-2018 u -10 | 10 | (N/A) I
FI
2508
6763
4727
p
interval
method
#
44.8
2007-2018 - 18 | 74 | (54) 1982-2018 = 18 | 21 | (20) # 61700 15.4 N/A N/A N/A 1980-2010 - 5 | 5 | (N/A) 61700 15.5
FR
1000 5000 N/A i estimate noChange 32.5 2000-2013 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A I
GR
100 300 N/A i estimate noChange 2.2 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A I
HR
50 100 N/A i estimate N/A 0.8 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A I
HU
150 200 N/A i estimate knowledge # 1.9 2007-2018 - -25 | -20 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A # I
IE
200
400
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
2.8
2007-2018 u N/A 1980-2018 u N/A # 6500 # 1.6 1991-2017 u N/A 1972-2018 u N/A # 6300 1.6
IT
1000 1500 N/A i estimate method # 13.5 2007-2018 x N/A 1991-2015 x N/A I
LT
1
10
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2013-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 300 2006-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -30 | -20 | (N/A) 300
LV
20
60
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.4
2000-2017 - -32.28 | -16.85 | (-26.21) 1991-2017 - -43 | -29 | (N/A) 2700 0.7 2000-2017 + N/A | N/A | (23) 1980-2017 x N/A 2700 0.7
PT
50 150 59 i mean method # 0.6 2007-2018 + N/A 1980-2018 x N/A I
RO
100 500 N/A i estimate knowledge 3.2 2013-2018 - -14 | -5 | (N/A) 2000-2018 - -15 | -8 | (N/A) I
SE
3100
5600
4300
p
estimate
genuine
40.7
2007-2018 - -50 | -10 | (-30) 1980-2018 = -30 | 30 | (0) 258500 64.6 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 257500 64.7
SK
50 200 N/A i estimate noChange 1.4 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A I
UK
891
1462
1162
p
interval
noChange
11.0
2004-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-19.61) 1970-2008 + 45 | 94 | (N/A) # 69900 17.5 1989-2009 = N/A 1970-2009 + 11.48 | 11.48 | (N/A) # 1500 2500 N/A i estimate noChange 21.7 1991-2017 x N/A 1980-2017 x N/A I 69100 17.4
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 6700 14400 p - = 400000 NE NE 5700 12300 i NE NE Threatened Not evaluated C B Secure Falco columbarius