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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
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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, Lymnocryptes minimus. 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
BE
BG
CY
DE
DK
EE estimateExpert
ES
FI completeSurvey
FR
GR
HR
IE
IT
LT estimatePartial
LU
LV estimateExpert
NL
PL
PT
RO
SE estimatePartial
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
AT
BE
BG
CY
DE
DK
EE estimatePartial
ES
FI completeSurvey
FR
GR
HR
IE
IT
LT absentData
LU
LV completeSurvey
NL
PL
PT
RO
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
AT estimatePartial
BE estimateExpert
BG estimatePartial
CY estimatePartial
DE estimatePartial
DK absentData
EE
ES estimatePartial
FI
FR N/A
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
IE absentData
IT estimatePartial
LT
LU estimateExpert
LV
NL completeSurvey
PL estimatePartial
PT estimatePartial
RO estimateExpert
SE
UK estimateExpert
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
AT
10 30 N/A i minimum genuine N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1981-2018 x N/A other
BE
15 49 27 i interval noChange N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1992-2018 x N/A # other
BG
20 100 N/A i estimate knowledge # N/A 2000-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A other
CY
10 20 N/A i estimate method # N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A other
DE
1001 3000 N/A i mean knowledge N/A 2003-2016 N/A N/A 1980-2016 N/A N/A # other
DK
N/A N/A 30 i minimum noChange # N/A 2006-2017 x N/A 1980-2017 x N/A # other
EE
10
30
N/A
p
estimate
noInfo
#
0.1
2006-2017 x N/A 1980-2017 x N/A 800 0.5 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (56) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-11) # 800 0.5
ES
2000 4000 N/A i estimate noChange N/A 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (52.8) 1983-2018 u N/A | N/A | (225.55) other
FI
2751
11283
6396
p
interval
noChange
#
41.2
2007-2018 = -40 | 95 | (10) 1990-2018 = N/A | N/A | (15) 15800 9.5 N/A N/A N/A 1980-2010 - 48 | 48 | (N/A) 15800 9.5
FR
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A noChange N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A other
GR
10000 15000 N/A i estimate N/A N/A 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (410) other
HR
50 250 N/A i estimate N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A other
IE
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A # N/A N/A x N/A N/A x N/A # other
IT
9 27 N/A i estimate method # N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1991-2015 x N/A other
LT
0
5
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2013-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 0.00000 2006-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
LU
10 20 N/A i estimate noChange # N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # other
LV
0
3
2
p
estimate
method
2012-2017 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 200 0.1 2000-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-33) 1980-2017 x N/A 200 0.1
NL
500 1000 700 i mean noInfo N/A 2004-2015 u -54 | 63 | (-14) 1981-2015 + 166 | 876 | (409) other
PL
500 1000 750 i estimate noChange N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A other
PT
N/A N/A 2500 i minimum N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1988-2018 x N/A other
RO
10 50 N/A i estimate noChange N/A 2013-2018 u -40 | 55 | (N/A) 2000-2018 u -19 | 27 | (N/A) other
SE
6000
12000
9100
p
estimate
noChange
58.6
2007-2018 = -10 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A # 149400 89.9 2007-2018 - -20 | 0 | (-10) 1980-2018 - -30 | -15 | (-20) 149000 89.9
UK
N/A N/A 110000 i estimate noChange N/A 2005-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-47.9) 1980-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-26.5) other
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 8700 23400 p = x 166000 NE NE Secure A B Unknown Lymnocryptes minimus