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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, Sylvia nisoria. 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
BG estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
FI estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
HU estimatePartial
IT estimateExpert
LT estimatePartial
LV estimatePartial
PL completeSurvey
RO completeSurvey
SE estimatePartial
SI estimatePartial
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 completeSurvey
BG estimatePartial
CZ completeSurvey
DE estimateExpert
DK completeSurvey
EE estimatePartial
FI completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR estimatePartial
HU completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
LT estimatePartial
LV completeSurvey
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
DE
DK
EE
FI
GR
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
2200
3300
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.6
2007-2018 + 10 | 20 | (N/A) 1981-2018 + 50 | 100 | (N/A) 10400 2.1 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-22) 1981-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) 9200 1.9
BG
4500
15000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2.1
2001-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 55960 11.5 2001-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 58200 12.0
CZ
5000
10000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
1.6
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-6.99) 1982-2018 u N/A | N/A | (1) # 24800 5.1 2002-2016 + N/A | N/A | (21.31) 1986-2016 + N/A | N/A | (28.49) # 24200 5.0
DE
5500
9500
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
1.6
2004-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-10) 1985-2016 = N/A | N/A | (15) 76504 15.7 2004-2016 = -10 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2016 = -30 | 40 | (N/A) 81600 16.9
DK
N/A
N/A
0
p
estimate
noChange
#
2006-2017 x N/A 1983-2017 - -96.07000 | -81.22 | (-91.33) # 0.00000 1996-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-100) 1974-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-100) # N/A N/A
EE
2000
4000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.7
2007-2018 - -89 | -29 | (N/A) 1983-2018 - -89 | -50 | (N/A) 22200 4.5 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (13) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-13) 11600 2.4
FI
200
500
300
p
estimate
knowledge
2007-2018 = N/A 1994-2018 - N/A 5100 1.0 N/A N/A N/A 1980-2010 - 40 | 40 | (N/A) 5100 1.1
GR
50
200
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-77) 1980-2018 = N/A 27400 # 5.6 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 27000 5.6
HR
3000
5000
N/A
p
estimate
N/A
0.9
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 9042 1.9 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 9500 2.0
HU
25000
30000
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
#
5.9
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A # 54952 11.2 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A # 56300 11.6
IT
90
100
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2000-2014 - -50 | -5 | (N/A) 1993-2018 - -95 | -90 | (N/A) 2600 0.5 2007-2018 - -15 | -10 | (N/A) 1993-2018 - -60 | -55 | (N/A) 2600 0.5
LT
2500
4000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.7
2013-2018 + 5 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 8600 1.8 2006-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 8600 1.8
LV
2084
4573
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.7
2012-2018 + 24.05000 | 29.14 | (26.03000) 1991-2017 + 24 | 29 | (N/A) 15400 3.1 2000-2017 - N/A | N/A | (-17) 1980-2017 + N/A | N/A | (144) 15400 3.2
PL
98000
128000
N/A
p
interval
genuine
24.4
2007-2018 + 26 | 127 | (70) 1980-2018 x N/A # N/A N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A
RO
177916
364962
N/A
p
interval
method
58.5
2008-2018 + 5 | 16 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 128100 26.2 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 125600 26.0
SE
100
250
180
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2018 - -70 | -30 | (-50) 1980-2018 - -70 | -30 | (-50) 4500 0.9 2007-2018 - -15 | -5 | (-10) 1980-2018 - -15 | -5 | (-10) 4500 0.9
SI
800
1350
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
0.2
2008-2018 - -30 | -25 | (N/A) 1980-2018 x N/A 2900 # 0.6 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 + N/A | N/A | (89) # 2800 0.6
SK
6000
12000
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
1.9
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 40053 8.2 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 41400 8.6
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 157000 228000 p x x 360000 NE NE Unknown E B Unknown Sylvia nisoria