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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.

Map is only available at subspecific level.

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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, Lagopus lagopus. 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
EE estimatePartial
FI completeSurvey
IE completeSurvey
LT estimatePartial
LV estimateExpert
SE estimatePartial
UK 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
EE estimatePartial
FI completeSurvey
IE completeSurvey
LT absentData
LV completeSurvey
SE estimatePartial
UK N/A
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
EE
FI
IE
LT
LV
SE
UK
UK
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
EE
10
20
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
96.8
2006-2017 - -50 | -20 | (N/A) 1980-2017 - -100 | -50 | (N/A) 1600 94.1 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-15) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-83) # 1600 94.1 Lagopus lagopus rossica
FI
46176
172607
90580
p
mean
noChange
#
32.3
2007-2018 F 35 | 64 | (51) 1980-2018 u N/A 90800 24.8 N/A N/A N/A 1980-2010 - 53 | 53 | (N/A) 90700 24.9 Lagopus lagopus lagopus
IE
1708
2116
1898
p
interval
noChange
#
90.4
2000-2008 - -40 | -20 | (N/A) 1980-2008 - -70 | -50 | (N/A) # 17100 # 100.0 1993-2011 = N/A 1972-2011 - N/A | N/A | (-52) # 16900 85.3 Lagopus lagopus hibernica
LT
N/A
N/A
0
p
estimate
genuine
2013-2018 - -100 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 0.00000 2006-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) N/A N/A Lagopus lagopus rossica
LV
0
1
0
p
estimate
knowledge
3.2
2012-2018 = N/A 1991-2017 - -100 | -75 | (N/A) 100 5.9 2000-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-50) 1980-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-86) 100 5.9 Lagopus lagopus rossica
SE
62000
322000
190000
p
estimate
noChange
67.7
2007-2018 = -30 | 10 | (-13) 1980-2018 - -40 | -20 | (-30) 274900 75.2 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - -25 | -10 | (-15) 273500 75.1 Lagopus lagopus lagopus
UK
N/A
N/A
202
p
estimate
genuine
#
9.6
2004-2016 x N/A 1988-2011 - N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2900 14.7 Lagopus lagopus hibernica
UK
N/A
N/A
264765
p
estimate
genuine
#
100.0
2004-2016 + N/A | N/A | (35.73) 1980-2010 = N/A | N/A | (4) 87200 100.0 1989-2009 - -10.47 | -10.47 | (N/A) 1970-2009 - -24.37 | -24.37 | (N/A) 79800 100.0 Lagopus lagopus scotica
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 108000 495000 p - - 365000 NE NE Near Threatened C B Threatened Lagopus lagopus lagopus
EU28 10 21 p - - 1700 NE NE Threatened C B Not Evaluated Lagopus lagopus rossica
EU28 1900 2400 p - - 17100 NE NE Threatened C B Threatened Lagopus lagopus hibernica
EU28 374000 762000 p = - 471000 NE NE Depleted B B Threatened Lagopus lagopus
EU28 264000 265000 p + = 87200 NE NE Secure A B Secure Lagopus lagopus scotica