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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, Hirundo rustica. 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 estimatePartial
BE estimateExpert
BG estimatePartial
CY estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
DE completeSurvey
DK estimatePartial
EE estimateExpert
ES estimatePartial
ESIC estimateExpert
FI completeSurvey
FR estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR completeSurvey
HU completeSurvey
IE completeSurvey
IT estimateExpert
LT estimatePartial
LU estimatePartial
LV completeSurvey
MT completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
PL completeSurvey
PT estimatePartial
RO estimateExpert
SE estimatePartial
SI completeSurvey
SK estimatePartial
UK estimatePartial
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
ESIC absentData
FI completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR completeSurvey
HU completeSurvey
IE completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
LT estimatePartial
LU estimatePartial
LV completeSurvey
MT completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
PL absentData
PT estimatePartial
RO completeSurvey
SE estimatePartial
SI absentData
SK completeSurvey
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
BG
CY
CZ
DE
DK
EE
ES
ESIC
FI
FR
GR
HR
HU
IE
IT
LT
LU
LV
MT
NL
PL
PT
RO
SE
SI
SK
UK
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
AT
60000
90000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.3
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (9) 1981-2018 x N/A 83800 2.1 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (3) 1981-2018 x N/A 77500 2.0
BE
66800
118800
92800
p
estimate
method
0.4
2008-2018 = -17 | 15 | (-2) 1973-2018 - -47 | -5 | (-26) 30573 # 0.8 2008-2018 = N/A 1973-2018 = N/A 31700 0.8
BG
300000
800000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2.5
2001-2018 - -40 | -1 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 108861 2.8 2001-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 112500 2.9
CY
87500
175000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.6
2007-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 8300 0.2 2007-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 8300 0.2
CZ
300000
600000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
2.1
2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (1) 1982-2018 = N/A | N/A | (-1) # 82200 2.1 2002-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-0.47) 1986-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-0.63) # 78800 2.0
DE
480000
920000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
3.2
2004-2016 = -2 | 18 | (8) 1980-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-26) # 341877 8.7 2004-2016 = -10 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2016 = -30 | 40 | (N/A) 356800 9.1
DK
N/A
N/A
208558
p
estimate
genuine
#
1.0
2006-2017 - -23.43 | -1.67 | (-13.17) 1980-2017 = -12.27 | 15.09000 | (0.51) # 58600 1.5 1996-2017 = N/A | N/A | (0.86) 1974-2017 = N/A | N/A | (-0.86) # 58300 1.5
EE
50000
100000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.3
2007-2018 - -21 | -16 | (N/A) 1985-2018 - -56 | -37 | (N/A) 55000 1.4 2007-2018 = -1 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 28100 0.7
ES
8592750
11145450
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
45.2
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-33) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-33) 304158 7.8 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-33) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-33) 319900 8.2
ESIC
N/A
3
0
p
minimum
noInfo
#
2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 0.00000 # 2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # N/A N/A
FI
96926
126821
110318
p
interval
genuine
0.5
2006-2018 - 8 | 33 | (21) 1980-2018 - 25 | 57 | (43) 299700 7.7 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2010 = 5 | 5 | (N/A) 299400 7.7
FR
900000
1800000
N/A
p
estimate
noInfo
6.2
2007-2017 - -20 | -14 | (N/A) 1989-2017 - -40 | -30 | (N/A) 533000 13.6 2009-2017 = N/A 1985-2017 = N/A # 529700 13.6
GR
350000
500000
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
1.9
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 197400 5.0 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 186900 4.8
HR
100378
157489
N/A
p
interval
N/A
0.6
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 55943 1.4 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 76300 1.9
HU
97000
116000
N/A
p
interval
knowledge
#
0.5
2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 - -60 | -50 | (N/A) # 93030 2.4 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 94400 2.4
IE
4056663
5904001
4936488
i
interval
genuine
#
N/A
2006-2016 = -4.8 | 3.4 | (-0.8) 1980-2016 x N/A # 85600 2.2 2006-2016 = N/A | N/A | (3) 1972-2016 = N/A | N/A | (4.3) # 84600 2.2
IT
500000
1000000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
3.4
2012-2017 - -15 | -5 | (N/A) 1993-2018 = N/A 316000 8.1 2007-2018 = N/A 1993-2018 + 20 | 25 | (N/A) 314600 8.1
LT
200000
300000
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
1.1
2013-2018 - -20 | -10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = N/A 73500 1.9 2006-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2012 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 71000 1.8
LU
5000
7000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
#
2007-2018 - -30 | -10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -50 | -30 | (N/A) 1290 # 2007-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 2400
LV
73865
163196
108998
p
interval
genuine
0.5
2005-2018 + 0.9 | 103.9 | (44.1) 1995-2018 + 55.11 | 326.85 | (N/A) 68400 1.8 2000-2017 = N/A | N/A | (-4) 1980-2017 = N/A | N/A | (4) 66500 1.7
MT
40
62
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2008-2018 + N/A | N/A | (1175) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (166) # 8 2008-2018 + N/A | N/A | (25) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (20) 200
NL
210000
280000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
1.1
2006-2017 + 6 | 28 | (17) 1984-2017 = -17 | 68 | (18) 44400 1.1 2000-2015 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1977-2015 = N/A | N/A | (-1.98) 40600 1.0
PL
1742000
2213000
N/A
p
interval
noChange
9.1
2007-2018 - -15 | -2 | (-9) 1980-2018 x N/A # N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
PT
500000
1000000
N/A
p
estimate
method
#
3.4
2004-2018 - N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 88300 # 2.2 2005-2018 = N/A | N/A | (-6) 1980-2018 = N/A # 86600 2.2
RO
1000000
3000000
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
9.2
2008-2018 - -23 | -8 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 233100 6.0 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 228100 5.8
SE
111000
256000
183000
p
estimate
noChange
0.8
2007-2018 = -7 | 10 | (1) 1980-2018 = -1 | 35 | (0) 408100 10.4 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 406400 10.4
SI
228000
367000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
1.4
2008-2018 + N/A | N/A | (48) 1980-2018 x N/A 13400 # 0.3 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) # 11300 0.3
SK
175000
375000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
1.3
2007-2018 - -20 | -10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -20 | -10 | (N/A) 48820 1.2 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 52000 1.3
UK
N/A
N/A
703161
p
interval
genuine
#
3.2
2004-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-11.75) 1980-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-0.98) # 283000 7.2 1989-2009 = 2.09000 | 2.09000 | (N/A) 1970-2009 = 3.13 | 3.13 | (N/A) 281400 7.2
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 18100000 27500000 p - - 3680000 NE NE Declining C B Declining Hirundo rustica