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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, Riparia riparia. 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 estimatePartial
BE estimatePartial
BG estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
DK estimatePartial
EE estimatePartial
ES estimatePartial
FI completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR estimatePartial
HU estimatePartial
IE estimatePartial
IT estimateExpert
LT estimatePartial
LU estimatePartial
LV estimatePartial
NL completeSurvey
PL estimateExpert
PT estimatePartial
RO estimateExpert
SE estimatePartial
SI completeSurvey
SK estimatePartial
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
AT completeSurvey
BE completeSurvey
BG completeSurvey
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
ES completeSurvey
FI completeSurvey
FR completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
HU completeSurvey
IE completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
LT estimatePartial
LU estimatePartial
LV completeSurvey
NL completeSurvey
PL absentData
PT estimatePartial
RO estimatePartial
SE estimatePartial
SI estimateExpert
SK estimatePartial
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
BE
BG
CZ
DE
DK
EE
ES
FI
FR
GR
HR
HU
IE
IT
LT
LU
LV
NL
PL
PT
RO
SE
SI
SK
UK
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
AT
4000
6500
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.3
2007-2018 - -40 | -20 | (N/A) 1981-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 7900 0.5 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-39) 1981-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 7300 0.5
BE
6300
9200
7700
p
estimate
method
0.5
2008-2018 = -16 | 23 | (3) 1973-2018 u -30 | 2 | (-14) 15282 # 1.0 2008-2018 = N/A 1973-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-19.92) 14100 0.9
BG
20000
40000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
1.9
2000-2018 = 0 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 10 | (N/A) # 22872 1.5 2000-2018 = 0 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 10 | (N/A) 24300 1.6
CZ
12000
24000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
1.1
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 18100 1.2 2002-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-16.49) 1986-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-34.14) # 17700 1.2
DE
85000
135000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
6.8
2004-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-19) 1980-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-18) 129518 8.6 2004-2016 = -10 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2016 = -30 | 40 | (N/A) 134600 9.0
DK
N/A
N/A
9210
p
estimate
genuine
#
0.6
2006-2017 - -63.46 | -12.71 | (-43.07000) 1980-2017 - -68.86 | -40.32 | (-56.83) # 39000 2.6 1996-2017 = N/A | N/A | (-6.25) 1974-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-18.75) # 39000 2.6
EE
6000
9000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.5
2006-2017 - -237 | -49 | (N/A) 1980-2017 - -65 | -40 | (N/A) 21400 1.4 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (13) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-42) 12500 0.8
ES
540000
750000
N/A
p
interval
noChange
40.0
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 67898 4.5 2007-2018 + N/A | 13.6 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - N/A # 70700 4.7
FI
16000
22000
19000
p
estimate
genuine
1.2
2007-2018 - 22 | 85 | (65) 1980-2018 x N/A 126100 8.3 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2010 = 28 | 28 | (N/A) 125800 8.4
FR
60000
100000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
5.0
2001-2017 x N/A 1985-2018 x N/A 109600 7.3 2009-2018 = N/A 1985-2012 + 1 | 5 | (N/A) 109000 7.3
GR
10000
20000
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
0.9
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 16500 # 1.1 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 13100 0.9
HR
5000
8000
N/A
p
estimate
N/A
0.4
2007-2018 - -50 | -30 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -80 | -65 | (N/A) 5600 0.4 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 5200 0.3
HU
15000
50000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2.0
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - -70 | -30 | (N/A) 28401 1.9 2007-2018 - -30 | -20 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -60 | -30 | (N/A) 29300 1.9
IE
128198
990514
460223
i
interval
genuine
#
N/A
2006-2016 - -34.6 | 3.1 | (-17.7) 1980-2016 x N/A 68200 4.5 2006-2016 + N/A | N/A | (26) 1972-2016 + N/A | N/A | (19.4) # 67400 4.5
IT
6000
8000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.4
2007-2018 x N/A 1993-2018 - -25 | -10 | (N/A) 31100 2.1 2007-2018 - -25 | -20 | (N/A) 1993-2018 = N/A 31100 2.1
LT
30000
70000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
3.1
2013-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 12100 0.8 2006-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 12100 0.8
LU
60
120
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2018 - -50 | -25 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -80 | -50 | (N/A) 21 # 2007-2018 - -50 | -20 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -40 | -20 | (N/A) 800
LV
7300
16000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.7
2000-2017 - -28.47 | -27.77 | (-28.1) 1991-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-80) 15400 1.0 2000-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-45) 1980-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-65) 15300 1.0
NL
20000
30000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
1.6
2006-2017 - -27 | -8 | (-18) 1980-2017 + 541 | 559 | (550) 29000 1.9 2000-2015 + N/A | N/A | (26.08000) 1977-2015 = N/A | N/A | (5.83) 28500 1.9
PL
150000
300000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
14.0
2007-2018 u -4 | 166 | (62) 1980-2018 x N/A # N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
PT
10000
50000
N/A
N/A
estimate
noChange
#
N/A
2007-2018 u N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 39400 # 2.6 2005-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 = N/A # 39200 2.6
RO
45000
200000
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
7.6
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 46000 3.0 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 45700 3.0
SE
17000
42000
26000
p
estimate
genuine
1.6
2007-2018 - -70 | -25 | (-52) 1980-2018 - -83 | -60 | (-74) 453700 30.1 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 452300 30.2
SI
800
3000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.1
2007-2018 + 50 | 60 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 1600 # 0.1 2007-2018 = 0 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (33) # 1500 0.1
SK
5000
10000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.5
2007-2018 - -50 | -30 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -50 | -30 | (N/A) 17331 1.1 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-50) 18400 1.2
UK
70457
227281
N/A
p
interval
genuine
#
9.2
2004-2016 + N/A | N/A | (34.82) 1980-2016 + N/A | N/A | (17.3) # 187300 12.4 1989-2009 + 12.49 | 12.49 | (N/A) 1970-2009 - -13.89 | -13.89 | (N/A) 185000 12.3
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 1160000 2600000 p = - 1460000 NE NE Depleted B B Depleted Riparia riparia