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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 FI

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Increasing
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Stable
x
Unknown
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Decreasing
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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.

Sensitive spatial information for this species is not shown in the map. Current selection: 2013-2018, Limosa lapponica. 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
BE
DE
DK
ES
FI estimateExpert
FR
GR
IE
IT
NL
PT
SE estimateExpert
UK
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
BE
DE
DK
ES
FI completeSurvey
FR
GR
IE
IT
NL
PT
SE estimateExpert
UK
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
BE completeSurvey
DE completeSurvey
DK completeSurvey
ES completeSurvey
FI
FR completeSurvey
GR completeSurvey
IE completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
NL completeSurvey
PT completeSurvey
SE
UK completeSurvey
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
BE
6 24 12 i interval noChange 2007-2018 u -87 | 52 | (-56) 1992-2018 u -82 | 2 | (-57) keywintering & I
DE
N/A N/A 9000 i mean method 5.6 2003-2016 - -39 | -11 | (-26) 1980-2016 - -65 | -30 | (N/A) # keywintering & I
DK
N/A N/A 1910 i estimate noChange # 1.2 2008-2016 F N/A 1987-2017 F N/A # keywintering & I
ES
2275 3414 2835 i mean knowledge 1.8 2007-2018 + 5 | 113.5 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (4.6) keywintering & I
FI
1000
4000
1500
p
estimate
knowledge
79.0
2000-2018 = N/A | N/A | (-5) 1990-2018 + N/A | N/A | (25) 7600 61.8 N/A N/A N/A 1980-2010 - 19 | 19 | (N/A) 7600 61.8
FR
6680 10990 N/A i estimate noChange 5.5 2007-2017 + N/A | N/A | (42) 1980-2017 + N/A | N/A | (68) keywintering & I
GR
5 30 N/A i minimum N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering & I
IE
N/A N/A 13385 i mean genuine # 8.3 2004-2016 = N/A | N/A | (0.2) 1987-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-26.1) keywintering & I
IT
72 77 N/A i estimate method # 2009-2015 + 5 | 380 | (N/A) 1991-2015 + 2300 | 2470 | (N/A) keywintering & I
NL
60607 77237 69097 i mean genuine 42.8 2006-2017 = -5 | 65 | (25) 1981-2017 + 95 | 233 | (155) # keywintering & I
PT
557 7635 2819 i mean N/A 1.8 2007-2018 u -65 | -32 | (N/A) 1988-2018 u N/A keywintering & I
SE
300
500
400
p
estimate
genuine
21.1
2007-2018 + 50 | 150 | (100) 1980-2018 + 50 | 150 | (100) 4700 38.2 2007-2018 u -20 | 20 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 0 | 50 | (25) # 4700 38.2
UK
N/A N/A 53546 i mean genuine # 33.1 2005-2016 = N/A | N/A | (7.5) 1980-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-9.9) keywintering & I
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 1300 4500 p = + 12300 NE NE 148000 178000 i = + Secure Secure A B Secure Limosa lapponica