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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
=
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, Galerida cristata. 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
DE estimateExpert
DK completeSurvey
EE estimateExpert
ES estimatePartial
FR estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
HU estimatePartial
IT estimateExpert
LT estimateExpert
LV estimateExpert
NL completeSurvey
PL estimateExpert
PT estimatePartial
RO completeSurvey
SE completeSurvey
SI completeSurvey
SK estimateExpert
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
DE estimateExpert
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
ES completeSurvey
FR estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR completeSurvey
HU completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
LT estimateExpert
LV completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
PL absentData
PT estimatePartial
RO completeSurvey
SE completeSurvey
SI absentData
SK estimateExpert
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
CY
CZ
DE
DK
EE
ES
FR
GR
HR
HU
IT
LT
LV
NL
PL
PT
RO
SE
SI
SK
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
AT
800
1300
N/A
p
estimate
method
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1981-2018 x N/A 12700 1.0 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (19) 1981-2018 + 30 | 60 | (N/A) 11200 0.9
BE
3
7
5
p
estimate
genuine
2008-2018 = N/A 1973-2018 - -99 | -98 | (-99) 373 # 2008-2018 = N/A 1973-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-93.13) 1100
BG
31000
90000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.4
2001-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 94076 7.6 2000-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 97400 7.7
CY
44000
68000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.3
2007-2018 - -25 | -3 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 7100 0.6 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (24) 1980-2018 x N/A 7100 0.6
CZ
200
400
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
2007-2018 u N/A | N/A | (-10) 1982-2018 u N/A | N/A | (-27) # 6900 0.6 2002-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-50) 1986-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-78.49) # 6600 0.5
DE
1700
2700
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2004-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-54) 1980-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-72) 48471 3.9 2004-2016 - -100 | -31 | (N/A) 1980-2016 - -100 | -66 | (N/A) 49500 3.9
DK
N/A
N/A
2
p
estimate
noChange
#
2006-2017 x N/A 1996-2017 - -304.21 | -117.62 | (-210.91) # 100 1996-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-967742) 1974-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-99) # 100
EE
0
1
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2006-2017 x N/A 1980-2017 x N/A 800 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-30) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-100) 800
ES
14188736
17178954
N/A
p
interval
noChange
#
92.3
2007-2018 - -9.6 | -1.9 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-9.6) 254246 20.5 2007-2018 - -9.6 | -1.9 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-9.6) 267500 21.2
FR
15000
30000
N/A
p
estimate
method
0.1
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-27.5) 2001-2018 - -15 | -5 | (N/A) 87700 7.1 2013-2018 - -15 | -5 | (N/A) 1989-2018 - -30 | -20 | (N/A) 87500 6.9
GR
50000
150000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.6
2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (67) 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 198400 16.0 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 194600 15.4
HR
N/A
N/A
10000
p
estimate
N/A
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 38022 3.1 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 50600 4.0
HU
47000
58000
N/A
p
interval
knowledge
0.3
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - -60 | -34 | (N/A) 93011 7.5 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A # 95100 7.5
IT
200000
400000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
1.8
2012-2017 - -10 | 0 | (N/A) 1993-2018 = N/A 169800 13.7 2007-2018 = N/A 1993-2018 + 35 | 40 | (N/A) 169700 13.5
LT
0
2
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2013-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -100 | -10 | (N/A) 100 2006-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -100 | -10 | (N/A) N/A N/A
LV
18
22
19
p
estimate
genuine
2012-2018 + 10.63 | 19.89 | (14.89) 1991-2017 x N/A 100 2000-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-67) 1980-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-67) 100
NL
0
3
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2006-2015 - -100 | -100 | (-100) 1980-2015 - -100 | -100 | (-100) # 200 2000-2015 - N/A | N/A | (-94.44) 1977-2015 - N/A | N/A | (-99.24) 200
PL
2500
3500
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2007-2018 u -22 | 134 | (37) 1980-2018 - -70 | -60 | (N/A) # N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
PT
100000
500000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
1.8
2004-2018 + N/A 1980-2018 + N/A # 51100 # 4.1 2005-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 = N/A # 50600 4.0
RO
257015
542130
N/A
p
interval
method
2.4
2008-2018 u -15 | 1 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 145700 11.8 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 142700 11.3
SE
0
0
0
p
estimate
noChange
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-100) # 0.00000 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-100) N/A N/A
SI
600
700
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2008-2018 u N/A | N/A | (-27.8) 1980-2018 x N/A 4200 # 0.3 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (24) # 3600 0.3
SK
1000
3000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
#
2007-2018 - -30 | -20 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -60 | -20 | (N/A) 24467 2.0 2007-2018 - -10 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -20 | -10 | (N/A) 25200 2.0
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 14600000 18500000 p - - 1090000 NE NE Declining C B Declining Galerida cristata