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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 IT, 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, Strix uralensis. 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 completeSurvey
BG estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
FI estimatePartial
HR estimatePartial
HU estimatePartial
IT estimateExpert
LT estimatePartial
LV completeSurvey
PL estimatePartial
RO completeSurvey
SE estimatePartial
SI completeSurvey
SK estimateExpert
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 estimateExpert
BG estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
FI completeSurvey
HR estimatePartial
HU completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
LT estimatePartial
LV estimatePartial
PL absentData
RO completeSurvey
SE estimatePartial
SI absentData
SK estimateExpert
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
BG
CZ
EE
FI
HR
HU
IT
LT
LV
PL
RO
SE
SI
SK
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
5
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1981-2018 x N/A 1600 0.2 2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1981-2018 x N/A | N/A | (0) 1600 0.2
BG
35
50
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
0.1
2000-2018 = -10 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 5 | (N/A) # 1700 0.3 2000-2018 = 0 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 10 | (N/A) 1700 0.3
CZ
50
70
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.2
2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (20) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (200) # 4500 0.7 2002-2016 + N/A | N/A | (127.77) 1986-2016 + N/A | N/A | (925) # 4300 0.7
EE
1000
1500
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
3.4
2007-2018 = -37 | 2 | (N/A) 1987-2018 = -98 | 6 | (N/A) 32800 5.2 2007-2018 = 8 | 11 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 50 | 93 | (N/A) 20000 3.2
FI
2722
3651
3088
p
interval
noChange
#
8.4
2007-2018 - 2 | 23 | (13) 1982-2018 + 20 | 57 | (37) 131400 20.9 N/A N/A N/A 1980-2010 + 30 | 30 | (N/A) 131400 20.8
HR
700
1000
N/A
p
estimate
N/A
2.3
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 15481 2.5 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 29900 4.7
HU
120
280
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
#
0.5
2007-2018 F N/A 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (1300) # 4653 0.7 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (24) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (323) # 4800 0.8
IT
25
45
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.1
2000-2014 + 400 | 470 | (N/A) 1994-2018 + 2500 | 4500 | (N/A) # 3700 # 0.6 2007-2018 + 85 | 85 | (N/A) 1994-2018 + N/A | N/A | (1700) # 3700 0.6
LT
50
80
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.2
2013-2018 + 0 | 25 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 4900 | 7900 | (N/A) # 1300 0.2 2006-2018 + 5 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 1000 | 1300 | (N/A) # 1200 0.2
LV
1825
5381
3033
p
interval
knowledge
8.2
2007-2018 - -67 | -17 | (-48) 1990-2018 + 4 | 98 | (44) 15600 2.5 2000-2017 + N/A | N/A | (3) 1980-2017 + N/A | N/A | (650) # 15400 2.4
PL
1300
1800
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
4.2
2010-2018 u -32 | 102 | (19) 1980-2018 + 270 | 300 | (N/A) # N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
RO
N/A
N/A
20985
p
Minimum
N/A
#
57.1
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 129700 20.6 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 129700 20.6
SE
2000
3400
2700
p
estimate
noChange
7.3
2007-2018 = -40 | 20 | (0) 1980-2018 + 10 | 30 | (20) 256000 40.8 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 256000 40.6
SI
700
1200
N/A
p
interval
noChange
2.6
2002-2017 + 10 | 30 | (N/A) 1980-2017 + 20 | 40 | (N/A) 7400 # 1.2 2007-2018 + 10 | 15 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (506) # 7200 1.1
SK
1400
2500
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
5.3
2007-2018 + 10 | 20 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 50 | 100 | (N/A) 22276 3.5 2007-2018 + 5 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 10 | 30 | (N/A) 23700 3.8
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 11900 21000 p = + 498000 NE NE Secure A B Secure Strix uralensis