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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, Tachymarptis melba. 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
CY estimateExpert
DE completeSurvey
ES estimatePartial
FR estimatePartial
GIB estimatePartial
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
IT estimateExpert
PT estimatePartial
RO estimateExpert
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
AT completeSurvey
BG estimatePartial
CY estimatePartial
DE estimateExpert
ES completeSurvey
FR estimatePartial
GIB completeSurvey
GR estimatePartial
HR estimateExpert
IT estimatePartial
PT estimatePartial
RO estimateExpert
SI absentData
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
CY
DE
ES
FR
GIB
GR
HR
IT
PT
RO
SI
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
AT
250
400
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2018 + 30 | 100 | (N/A) 1981-2018 x N/A 8200 1.9 2007-2018 + N/A | N/A | (41) 1981-2018 + 150 | 300 | (N/A) 8200 1.9
BG
2000
9000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
1.6
2001-2018 + 20 | 30 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 20 | 30 | (N/A) 20280 4.6 2001-2018 = 0 | 10 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 0 | 20 | (N/A) 21400 5.1
CY
200
500
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.1
2007-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -30 | -10 | (N/A) 500 0.1 2007-2018 = 0 | 0 | (N/A) 1980-2018 - -30 | -10 | (N/A) 500 0.1
DE
300
350
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2004-2016 + 60 | 123 | (89) 1985-2016 + N/A | N/A | (242) 1494 0.3 2004-2016 + 11 | 40 | (N/A) 1980-2016 + 181 | 1000 | (N/A) 1600 0.4
ES
N/A
N/A
9186
p
minimum
noChange
2.7
2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 88744 20.1 2007-2018 = N/A 1980-2018 = N/A 96800 23.0
FR
4000
8000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
1.8
2007-2017 = N/A | N/A | (0) 1980-2017 = 0 | 0 | (0) 39000 8.8 2013-2018 = 0 | 5 | (N/A) 1989-2018 = N/A | N/A | (0) # 38700 9.2
GIB
6
10
10
p
estimate
noChange
2001-2018 = 0 | 0 | (0) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (0) 0.05000 2006-2018 = 0 | 0 | (0) 1980-2018 = 0 | 0 | (0) 300
GR
170000
390000
N/A
p
estimate
knowledge
81.5
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 198600 # 45.0 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 166100 39.5
HR
10000
50000
N/A
p
estimate
N/A
8.7
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 4940 1.1 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 7700 1.8
IT
6000
12000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2.6
2007-2018 x N/A 1993-2018 + N/A | N/A | (20) 69100 15.7 2007-2018 = N/A 1993-2018 + 90 | 95 | (N/A) 69000 16.4
PT
100
500
N/A
p
estimate
N/A
#
2007-2018 u N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 5000 # 1.1 2005-2018 + N/A | N/A | (79) 1980-2018 = N/A # 4600 1.1
RO
1200
3000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
0.6
2007-2018 + 1 | 20 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 500 | 1000 | (N/A) 4900 1.1 2007-2018 + 10 | 30 | (N/A) 1980-2018 + 500 | 1000 | (N/A) 4900 1.2
SI
250
350
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 400 # 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-33) # 400 0.1
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 202000 481000 p x x 436000 NE NE Unknown E B Unknown Tachymarptis melba