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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
=
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, Podiceps auritus. 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
DE completeSurvey
DK
EE estimateExpert
ES
FI estimatePartial
FR
GR
IE
IT
LT estimatePartial
LV estimateExpert
NL
PL
RO
SE estimatePartial
SI
UK 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
BE
BG
DE absentData
DK
EE estimatePartial
ES
FI completeSurvey
FR
GR
IE
IT
LT estimatePartial
LV completeSurvey
NL
PL
RO
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
AT completeSurvey
BE completeSurvey
BG estimatePartial
DE completeSurvey
DK absentData
EE
ES completeSurvey
FI
FR completeSurvey
GR estimateExpert
IE estimateExpert
IT estimatePartial
LT
LV
NL completeSurvey
PL completeSurvey
RO estimatePartial
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
AT
2 26 N/A i estimate genuine 0.3 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (192) 1981-2018 + N/A | N/A | (660) keywintering & I
BE
2 5 3 i interval noChange 2007-2018 x N/A 1992-2018 x N/A # keywintering & I
BG
5 18 N/A i estimate genuine 0.3 2000-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) keywintering & I
DE
0
0
0
p
estimate
noChange
#
2004-2016 x N/A 1980-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-71) # N/A N/A 2004-2016 x N/A 1980-2016 x N/A N/A N/A 2200 i mean genuine 52.1 2003-2016 + 40 | 100 | (N/A) 1980-2016 + 181 | 1000 | (N/A) # keywintering & I N/A N/A
DK
N/A N/A 80 i minimum noChange # 1.9 2006-2017 x N/A 1980-2017 x N/A # keywintering & I
EE
150
250
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
4.0
2006-2017 - -34 | -1 | (N/A) 1980-2017 - -48 | -23 | (N/A) 9200 2.0 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (8) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-21) 9200 1.9
ES
3 13 9 i mean noChange 0.2 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A keywintering & I
FI
2500
3000
2700
p
interval
knowledge
#
54.7
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (11) 1986-2018 - N/A # 58000 12.8 N/A N/A N/A 1980-2010 + 3 | 3 | (N/A) 57900 12.2
FR
207 524 313 i minimum noChange # 7.4 2007-2017 = -39 | 18 | (0) 1980-2017 = N/A | N/A | (0) keywintering & I
GR
2 12 N/A i estimate N/A # 0.2 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # keywintering & I
IE
N/A N/A 86 i mean noInfo 2.0 2004-2016 x N/A 1987-2016 x N/A # keywintering & I
IT
5 13 N/A i estimate genuine 0.2 2007-2018 x N/A 1991-2015 x N/A keywintering & I
LT
2
10
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
0.1
2013-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A 500 0.1 2006-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 + 100 | 1000 | (N/A) 500 0.1
LV
0
3
1
p
estimate
genuine
2012-2018 - -86.43 | -78.32 | (-82.68) 1991-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-99) 100 2000-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-94) 1980-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-96) 100
NL
94 200 137 i mean genuine 3.2 2006-2017 - -72 | -26 | (-49) 1981-2017 + 108 | 460 | (284) keywintering & I
PL
170 510 350 i mean noChange 8.3 2011-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 x N/A keywintering & I
RO
1 8 N/A i mean noChange 0.1 2013-2018 u -18.58 | 17.49 | (N/A) 2000-2018 u -18.14 | 7.59 | (N/A) keywintering & I
SE
1800
2400
2000
p
estimate
noChange
40.5
2007-2018 u -14 | 163 | (16) 1980-2018 - -30 | -10 | (-20) 384100 84.7 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 + 0 | 10 | (5) 384000 81.0
SI
0 5 N/A i estimate genuine 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) keywintering & I
UK
N/A
N/A
29
p
mean
genuine
#
0.6
2001-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-35) 1978-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-57) 1600 # 0.3 1989-2009 - -33.33 | -33.33 | (N/A) 1970-2009 - -20 | -20 | (N/A) N/A N/A 993 i estimate genuine # 23.5 2005-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-25.4) 1993-2016 + N/A | N/A | (72.4) # keywintering & I 22500 4.7
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 4400 5700 p - - 453000 NE NE 3800 4700 i + + Threatened Secure C B Threatened Podiceps auritus