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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, Sylvia conspicillata. 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
CY estimatePartial
ES estimatePartial
ESIC estimateExpert
FR estimatePartial
IT estimateExpert
MT completeSurvey
PT estimatePartial
PTMA 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
CY estimatePartial
ES completeSurvey
ESIC absentData
FR estimatePartial
IT estimatePartial
MT completeSurvey
PT estimatePartial
PTMA 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
CY
ES
ESIC
FR
IT
MT
PT
PTMA
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
CY
7000
15000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
3.6
2007-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 4500 3.5 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (15) 1980-2018 x N/A 4500 3.3
ES
121500
296500
N/A
p
interval
noChange
68.8
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 42627 33.1 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 47600 35.1
ESIC
20000
100000
N/A
p
minimum
noInfo
#
19.8
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 7700 6.0 2013-2018 x N/A 1980-2012 x N/A # 8800 6.5
FR
650
1500
N/A
p
estimate
method
0.3
2007-2017 - N/A 1989-2017 - -80 | -40 | (N/A) 5500 4.3 2013-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-10) 1989-2018 - -30 | -5 | (N/A) 5500 4.1
IT
10000
20000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
4.9
2007-2018 x N/A 1993-2018 = N/A 63300 49.1 2007-2018 + 5 | 10 | (N/A) 1993-2018 + 60 | 65 | (N/A) 63300 46.7
MT
716
1162
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.3
2008-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-25) 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (-19) # 68 2008-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-37) 1980-2018 = N/A 1000 0.7
PT
2500
5000
N/A
p
estimate
method
#
1.2
2007-2018 u N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 3500 # 2.7 2005-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-62) 1980-2018 x N/A # 3500 2.6
PTMA
1000
5000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
1.0
2008-2018 x N/A | N/A | (1) 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (1) 1600 1.2 2001-2018 + N/A | 43 | (1) 1980-2018 x N/A | N/A | (1) 1400 1.0
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 163000 445000 p = = 128000 NE NE Secure A B Unknown Sylvia conspicillata