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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, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii. 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
BG estimatePartial
CY estimatePartial
ES estimateExpert
FR estimatePartial
GIB estimatePartial
GR completeSurvey
HR estimatePartial
IT estimateExpert
SI
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
BG completeSurvey
CY estimatePartial
ES absentData
FR completeSurvey
GIB estimatePartial
GR completeSurvey
HR estimatePartial
IT estimatePartial
SI
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
BG
CY
ES estimateExpert
FR
GIB
GR
HR
IT
SI completeSurvey
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
BG
170
250
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
2.5
2000-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 + 560 | 1000 | (N/A) # 265 0.4 2000-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 1 | 5 | (N/A) 700 1.0 Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii
CY
20
60
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.5
2007-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -30 | -10 | (N/A) 900 1.2 2007-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 900 1.2 Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii
ES
N/A
N/A
2087
p
estimate
N/A
#
25.1
2007-2013 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 6900 # 9.6 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 700 760 N/A i minimum noInfo # 86.9 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # I 6900 9.5 Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii
FR
800
1200
N/A
p
estimate
method
12.0
2007-2018 x N/A 1981-2017 F -50 | 25 | (N/A) # 2100 2.9 2005-2017 + 10 | 20 | (N/A) 1980-2017 + 25 | 50 | (N/A) 2100 2.9 Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii
GIB
6
10
10
p
estimate
noChange
0.1
2001-2018 = 6 | 10 | (10) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (0) 0.05000 2001-2018 = 6 | 10 | (10) 1980-2018 = 6 | 10 | (10) 400 0.6 Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii
GR
1300
1450
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
16.5
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 x N/A 46800 65.1 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 x N/A 46800 64.4 Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii
HR
1600
2000
N/A
p
estimate
N/A
21.6
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 5400 7.5 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 5400 7.4 Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii
IT
1500
2100
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
21.6
2007-2018 x N/A 1993-2018 = N/A 9500 13.2 2007-2018 + 5 | 10 | (N/A) 1993-2018 + N/A | N/A | (40) 9500 13.1 Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii
SI
50 170 N/A i estimate genuine 13.1 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-77) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (1100) I Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii
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 7400 9200 p x x 71800 NE NE 750 930 i NE NE Unknown Not evaluated E B Secure Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii