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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 melanocephala. 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
CY estimatePartial
ES estimatePartial
ESIC estimateExpert
FR estimatePartial
GIB estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
IT estimateExpert
MT completeSurvey
PT estimatePartial
SI 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
BG estimatePartial
CY estimatePartial
ES completeSurvey
ESIC absentData
FR estimatePartial
GIB completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
IT estimatePartial
MT completeSurvey
PT estimatePartial
SI 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
BG
CY
ES
ESIC
FR
GIB
GR
HR
IT
MT
PT
SI
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
BG
800
1200
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
2000-2018 + 5 | 15 | (N/A) 1980-2018 F N/A 5696 0.7 2000-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 5800 0.7
CY
97000
150000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
1.2
2007-2018 + 36 | 61 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 100000 | 500000 | (N/A) 6900 0.8 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (25) 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (6800) 6900 0.8
ES
4549219
5793724
N/A
p
interval
knowledge
#
50.3
2007-2018 + N/A 1980-2018 + N/A 232484 28.6 2007-2018 + N/A | 7.5 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + N/A | 38.4 | (N/A) 241600 29.2
ESIC
20000
100000
N/A
p
minimum
noInfo
#
0.6
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 8000 1.0 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2012 x N/A # 9500 1.1
FR
150000
250000
N/A
p
estimate
method
1.9
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-13) 2001-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-20) 54200 6.7 2013-2018 = -5 | -4.9 | (N/A) 1989-2018 + 33 | 47 | (N/A) 53900 6.5
GIB
101
250
250
p
estimate
noChange
2001-2018 = 0 | 0 | (0) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (0) 3 2006-2018 = 0 | 0 | (0) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (0) 200
GR
500000
620000
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
5.5
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 200900 24.7 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 199000 24.1
HR
100000
200000
N/A
p
estimate
N/A
1.5
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 5402 0.7 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 10200 1.2
IT
500000
1500000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
9.7
2000-2014 = N/A 1993-2018 + 65 | 150 | (N/A) 220400 27.1 2007-2018 + 5 | 10 | (N/A) 1993-2018 + 15 | 20 | (N/A) 220400 26.7
MT
8504
13727
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.1
2008-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-25) 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) # 345 2008-2018 = N/A | N/A | (-4.7) 1980-2018 = N/A 1100 0.1
PT
1000000
5000000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
29.2
2004-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 79000 # 9.7 2005-2018 = N/A | N/A | (-13) 1980-2018 = N/A # 77700 9.4
SI
100
300
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2007-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2018 x N/A 500 # 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 = N/A | N/A | (-13) # 400
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 6920000 13700000 p = + 813000 NE NE Secure A B Secure Sylvia melanocephala