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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 LT

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Increasing
=
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, Pluvialis apricaria. 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
BG
CY
DE estimateExpert
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
ES
FI completeSurvey
FR
GR
HR
IE estimatePartial
IT
LT estimatePartial
LV estimatePartial
MT
NL
PT
SE estimatePartial
SI
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
BE
BG
CY
DE estimateExpert
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
ES
FI completeSurvey
FR
GR
HR
IE completeSurvey
IT
LT estimatePartial
LV completeSurvey
MT
NL
PT
SE estimatePartial
SI
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
BE completeSurvey
BG estimatePartial
CY estimatePartial
DE estimatePartial
DK
EE
ES completeSurvey
FI
FR estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
IE estimatePartial
IT estimatePartial
LT
LV
MT estimateExpert
NL completeSurvey
PT absentData
SE
SI completeSurvey
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
4000 8500 5800 i interval genuine 0.6 2007-2018 u -41 | 233 | (41) 2000-2018 u -66 | 37 | (-32) keywintering & I
BG
0 30 N/A i estimate noChange 1999-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering & I
CY
600 1200 N/A i estimate genuine # 2007-2018 + 60 | 200 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 10 | 50 | (N/A) keywintering & I
DE
0
2
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2004-2014 x N/A 1980-2014 - N/A | N/A | (-86) 300 # 2004-2014 x N/A 1980-2014 - -100 | -66 | (N/A) 20001 50000 N/A i mean genuine 3.7 2003-2016 F -43 | 39 | (-10) 1980-2016 F N/A keywintering & I 300
DK
N/A
N/A
0
p
estimate
noChange
2004-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-100) 1980-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-100) 0.00000 2004-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-100) 1980-2019 - N/A | N/A | (-100) # N/A N/A
EE
2500
3400
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
1.1
2006-2017 = 1 | 8 | (N/A) 1980-2017 = 12 | 27 | (N/A) 13500 2.5 2007-2018 = 22 | 27 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-18) 13400 2.5
ES
18482 27538 22591 i estimate knowledge # 2.4 2007-2018 + N/A 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (300) # keywintering & I
FI
89089
143233
121726
p
interval
knowledge
44.0
2007-2018 = -11 | 26 | (6) 1980-2018 = -9 | 44 | (15) 124700 23.4 N/A N/A N/A 1980-2010 - 4 | 4 | (N/A) 124600 23.4
FR
141612 510742 299480 i mean method 31.3 2009-2017 u 548 | 587 | (559) 1980-2013 - N/A # keywintering & I
GR
2925 5000 N/A i estimate knowledge 0.4 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (126) 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering & I
HR
0 200 N/A i estimate N/A 2007-2018 F -100 | 200 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering & I
IE
84
98
N/A
p
minimum
genuine
#
2006-2019 - N/A | N/A | (-37.5) 1972-2019 - -84 | -82 | (N/A) # 2900 # 0.5 2004-2011 - -56 | -26 | (N/A) 1972-2011 - -43 | -41 | (N/A) # N/A N/A 80707 i mean genuine # 8.4 2004-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-52.6) 1987-2016 x N/A keywintering & I 2900 0.6
IT
4575 10487 N/A i estimate method # 0.8 2009-2015 = N/A 1991-2015 + 335 | 910 | (N/A) keywintering & I
LT
35
45
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
2013-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 1100 0.2 2006-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2012 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1100 0.2
LV
260
550
N/A
p
estimate
method
0.1
2012-2017 = 1.56 | 6.27 | (3.67) 1980-2017 = 7 | 12 | (N/A) 4900 0.9 2000-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-28) 1980-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-42) 4800 0.9
MT
200 600 N/A i estimate noInfo 2008-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) # keywintering & I
NL
62235 108773 88187 i mean genuine 9.2 2006-2017 = -9 | 31 | (9) 1981-2017 = -25 | 142 | (34) # keywintering & I
PT
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A # N/A 2007-2018 + N/A 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering & I
SE
83000
140000
110000
p
estimate
noChange
39.7
2007-2018 = 0 | 28 | (13) 1980-2018 + 10 | 40 | (25) 317500 59.5 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 316600 59.5
SI
0 1 N/A i estimate noChange 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) keywintering & I
UK
32667
50531
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
15.0
2004-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-8.52) 1970-2016 + 11 | 71 | (N/A) # 68500 12.8 1989-2009 - -13.4 | -13.4 | (N/A) 1970-2009 - -20.9 | -20.9 | (N/A) N/A N/A 411120 i estimate noChange # 43.0 2005-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-35.5) 1980-2016 + N/A | N/A | (354.5) keywintering & I 68000 12.8
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 207000 338000 p = = 533000 NE NE 746000 1220000 i - + Secure Declining A B Secure Pluvialis apricaria