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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 RO

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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.

Sensitive spatial information for this species is not shown in the map. Current selection: 2013-2018, Otis tarda. 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
BG
CZ completeSurvey
DE completeSurvey
ES completeSurvey
GR
HU completeSurvey
PL completeSurvey
PT estimatePartial
RO completeSurvey
SK completeSurvey
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
BG
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
ES completeSurvey
GR
HU completeSurvey
PL estimatePartial
PT estimatePartial
RO completeSurvey
SK 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 completeSurvey
BG estimatePartial
CZ
DE
ES completeSurvey
GR estimateExpert
HU
PL
PT
RO completeSurvey
SK completeSurvey
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
AT
211
368
N/A
i
estimate
genuine
#
0.8
2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (33) 1981-2018 + 100 | 120 | (N/A) 1600 3.6 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (10) 1981-2018 - -20 | -10 | (N/A) 390 460 N/A i estimate genuine 1.3 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (24) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (226) I 1300 2.8
BG
0 6 N/A i interval noChange 2001-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 - -15 | -10 | (N/A) I
CZ
0
0
N/A
i
estimate
noChange
#
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 0.00000 2002-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-100) 1986-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-100) # N/A N/A
DE
N/A
N/A
300
i
estimate
genuine
0.9
2004-2016 + 76 | 286 | (162) 1985-2016 = -33 | 7 | (-15) 900 2.0 2004-2016 = -10 | 10 | (0) 1980-2016 - -100 | -66 | (N/A) 900 1.9
ES
29400
34300
N/A
i
estimate
method
#
92.7
2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (21.7) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (300) # 30815 69.3 2007-2018 - N/A 1980-2018 - N/A # 29400 34300 N/A i estimate knowledge # 97.9 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (21.7) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (300) I 32900 71.2
GR
1 3 N/A i estimate noChange # 2007-2019 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A I
HU
1480
1680
N/A
i
estimate
genuine
#
4.6
2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (11) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-57) # 7893 17.7 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-47.7) 7900 17.1
PL
0
0
0
i
estimate
noChange
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 - -100 | -100 | (N/A) # 0.00000 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
PT
320
320
N/A
i
estimate
genuine
#
0.9
2007-2018 - N/A 1980-2018 - N/A 2800 # 6.3 2005-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-66) 1980-2018 - N/A # 2800 6.1
RO
5
10
N/A
i
mean
N/A
2007-2018 - -12 | -4 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -99 | -98 | (N/A) 200 0.5 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - -4000 | -2000 | (N/A) 29 42 N/A i estimate N/A 0.1 2007-2018 - -12 | -4 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -99 | -98 | (N/A) I 100 0.2
SK
0
5
N/A
i
estimate
noChange
#
2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 - -100 | -80 | (N/A) 282 0.6 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - -95 | -80 | (N/A) 100 350 N/A i estimate genuine 0.7 2007-2018 + 80 | 100 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -90 | -80 | (N/A) I 300 0.7
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 32000 37300 i - + 44200 NE NE 29800 35200 i - + Secure Secure A B Secure Otis tarda