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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 LU

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Stable
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Unknown
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Decreasing
F
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.

Sensitive spatial information for this species is not shown in the map. Current selection: 2013-2018, Ixobrychus minutus. 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 completeSurvey
CZ completeSurvey
DE completeSurvey
ES estimatePartial
ESIC completeSurvey
FR estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
HU estimatePartial
IT estimateExpert
LT estimatePartial
LU completeSurvey
LV estimatePartial
NL completeSurvey
PL estimateExpert
PT estimatePartial
RO completeSurvey
SI completeSurvey
SK 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 estimateExpert
CY completeSurvey
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
ES completeSurvey
ESIC completeSurvey
FR estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR estimatePartial
HU completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
LT estimatePartial
LU estimateExpert
LV completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
PL absentData
PT estimatePartial
RO estimatePartial
SI absentData
SK estimatePartial
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
ES
ESIC
FR
GR
HR
HU
IT
LT
LU
LV
NL
PL
PT
RO
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
400
600
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.9
2007-2018 + 80 | 120 | (N/A) 1981-2018 + N/A | N/A | (400) 11800 3.6 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (2) 1981-2018 + 20 | 40 | (N/A) 11100 3.3
BE
31
60
46
p
estimate
genuine
2008-2018 + -17 | 60 | (23) 1973-2018 - -52 | -8 | (-29) 5080 # 1.6 2008-2018 + N/A | N/A | (158.86) 1973-2018 + N/A | N/A | (84.66) 4400 1.3
BG
1500
4500
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
5.4
2000-2018 = 10 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 10 | 10 | (N/A) 29759 9.2 2000-2018 = 5 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 5 | 10 | (N/A) 30900 9.3
CY
1
8
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
#
2007-2018 + 0 | 100 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 300 2007-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 300
CZ
60
90
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.1
2002-2016 = N/A 1987-2016 = N/A # 9300 2.9 2002-2016 + N/A | N/A | (27.27) 1986-2016 + N/A | N/A | (37.7) # 9200 2.8
DE
210
270
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.4
2004-2016 + N/A | N/A | (50) 1985-2016 + N/A | N/A | (73) 21466 6.6 2004-2016 + 11 | 40 | (N/A) 1980-2016 = -30 | 40 | (N/A) 22500 6.8
ES
1256
4050
4050
p
interval
noChange
#
7.3
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-50) 25908 8.0 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A # 26900 8.1
ESIC
1
2
2
p
estimate
noChange
#
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (1) # 100 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 + 1 | 2 | (2) # 100
FR
280
520
N/A
p
estimate
method
0.7
2007-2018 x N/A 1975-2005 - -80 | -40 | (N/A) 28200 8.7 2013-2018 x N/A 1975-2015 - -30 | -20 | (N/A) 28200 8.5
GR
600
700
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
1.2
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 = N/A 17200 5.3 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 16300 4.9
HR
1200
2200
N/A
p
estimate
N/A
3.0
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 190 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 7100 2.1
HU
2500
3500
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
#
5.4
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 31516 9.7 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 32200 9.7
IT
1000
2000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2.7
2013-2018 - -25 | -15 | (N/A) 1993-2018 = N/A 52300 16.1 2007-2018 - -10 | -5 | (N/A) 1993-2018 + 55 | 60 | (N/A) 52300 15.7
LT
170
300
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.4
2013-2018 + N/A | N/A | (500) 1980-2018 + 1400 | 1600 | (N/A) 2700 0.8 2006-2018 + 1000 | 2000 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 1000 | 2000 | (N/A) 2700 0.8
LU
5
7
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2007-2018 + 0 | 30 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 100 | 700 | (N/A) 7 # 2007-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 95 | 100 | (N/A) 100
LV
50
80
N/A
p
estimate
method
0.1
2012-2018 - -57.94 | -46.1 | (-53.1) 1980-2018 x N/A 1800 0.6 2000-2017 + N/A | N/A | (260) 1980-2017 + N/A | N/A | (38) 1800 0.5
NL
20
40
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2006-2017 - -77 | -10 | (-54) 1980-2017 - -77 | -62 | (-70) 1800 0.6 2000-2015 + N/A | N/A | (20) 1977-2015 - N/A | N/A | (-66.66) 1800 0.5
PL
1100
1500
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2.3
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 + 110 | 180 | (N/A) N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
PT
100
500
N/A
p
estimate
method
#
0.5
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 5700 # 1.8 2005-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-34) 1980-2018 x N/A # 5700 1.7
RO
27079
49335
N/A
p
interval
method
68.6
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 63700 19.6 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 62800 18.8
SI
70
130
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.2
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 3200 # 1.0 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (275) # 3100 0.9
SK
200
400
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.5
2007-2018 - -10 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -30 | -10 | (N/A) 12619 3.9 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 13900 4.2
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 20700 36500 p x = 260000 NE NE Unknown E B Unknown Ixobrychus minutus