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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, Podiceps grisegena. 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
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
DK estimatePartial
EE estimateExpert
FI completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
GR
HU estimatePartial
LT estimatePartial
LV estimatePartial
NL completeSurvey
PL estimateExpert
RO estimateExpert
SE estimatePartial
SI completeSurvey
SK completeSurvey
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
BG estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
FI completeSurvey
FR estimatePartial
GR
HU completeSurvey
LT estimatePartial
LV completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
PL absentData
RO estimateExpert
SE estimatePartial
SI completeSurvey
SK completeSurvey
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
BG estimatePartial
CZ
DE
DK
EE
FI
FR
GR estimatePartial
HU
LT
LV estimatePartial
NL
PL completeSurvey
RO estimatePartial
SE
SI
SK
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
BG
30
80
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
0.6
2000-2018 - -30 | -10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 F N/A 1998 0.6 2000-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A 10 50 N/A i estimate genuine N/A 2001-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A other 2500 0.7
CZ
0
0
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
2001-2017 x N/A 1987-2016 x N/A # 300 2002-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-83.33) 1986-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-85.71) # 300
DE
1500
2100
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
18.2
2004-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-18) 1985-2016 = N/A | N/A | (1) 44734 12.9 2004-2016 = -10 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2016 = -30 | 40 | (N/A) 48900 13.9
DK
N/A
N/A
754
p
estimate
genuine
#
7.6
2006-2017 - -58.71 | -5.12 | (-36.95) 1986-2017 = -17.95 | 37.71 | (6.41) # 32600 9.4 1996-2017 + N/A | N/A | (13.58) 1974-2017 + N/A | N/A | (78.14) # 32700 9.3
EE
150
200
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
1.8
2006-2017 - -33 | -20 | (N/A) 1980-2017 - -57 | -49 | (N/A) 6600 1.9 2007-2018 = 12 | 18 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 55 | 94 | (N/A) 6600 1.9
FI
2849
5066
3976
p
estimate
genuine
40.2
2007-2018 - 4 | 48 | (29) 1986-2018 = -2 | 50 | (21) 93800 27.1 N/A N/A N/A 1980-2010 + 76 | 76 | (N/A) 93800 26.7
FR
0
1
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2018 F -100 | 200 | (N/A) 1980-2018 F -100 | 200 | (N/A) 10 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-100) 1980-2018 F -100 | 100 | (N/A) # 100
GR
3 10 N/A i estimate knowledge N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A other
HU
10
20
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
#
0.1
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-75) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-88) # 2000 0.6 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-57) 1980-2018 - -64 | -58 | (N/A) # 2000 0.6
LT
200
250
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2.3
2013-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 + 525 | 570 | (N/A) 3000 0.9 2006-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (35) 3000 0.8
LV
185
420
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
3.1
2000-2018 - -39.44 | -35.76 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 6600 1.9 2000-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-32) 1980-2017 = N/A | N/A | (-6) N/A N/A 1 i estimate noChange N/A 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 x N/A other 6600 1.9
NL
9
16
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.1
2006-2017 u -33 | 118 | (23) 1983-2017 + 507 | 2450 | (1153) # 1100 0.3 2000-2015 = N/A | N/A | (10) 1983-2015 + N/A | N/A | (1000) # 1100 0.3
PL
600
900
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
7.6
2007-2018 - -71 | -13 | (-49) 1980-2018 - -80 | -70 | (N/A) # N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 60 240 110 i mean noChange N/A 2011-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 x N/A other N/A N/A
RO
130
1300
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
7.2
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 - -20 | -1 | (N/A) 4300 1.2 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 - -30 | -10 | (N/A) 1 10 N/A i mean genuine N/A 2013-2018 u -22.92 | 11.47 | (N/A) 2000-2018 u -25.6 | -0.42 | (N/A) other 4300 1.2
SE
900
1400
1100
p
estimate
genuine
#
11.1
2007-2018 = -30 | 30 | (0) 1980-2018 + 80 | 150 | (115) 149100 43.0 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 149100 42.4
SI
5
10
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2007-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 400 | 900 | (N/A) # 100 # 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-50) # 100
SK
0
5
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 F N/A 197 2007-2018 - -100 | -80 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -100 | -80 | (N/A) 200
UK
N/A N/A 60 i estimate genuine # N/A 2005-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-94.6) 1993-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-92.5) 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 7600 12100 p - - 342000 NE NE Threatened C B Secure Podiceps grisegena