COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2023/695
of 27 March 2023
establishing the format of the report regarding the status and trends of wild bird species referred to in Article 12 of Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (Birds Directive)
(notified under document C(2023) 1889)
Article 1
Article 2
ANNEX
REPORTING FORMAT AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 12 OF DIRECTIVE 2009/147/EC (BIRDS DIRECTIVE)
Main sections of the Article 12 reporting format
Part A - General report format |
This section needs to be filled once covering the Member State as a whole |
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Part B - Bird species’ status and trends report format |
This section needs to be filled for all relevant bird species of a Member State in accordance with the guidance given in the explanatory notes and relevant check-lists in the online ‘Article 12 reference portal’. |
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PART A - GENERAL REPORT FORMAT
MEMBER STATE |
Use the code according to the list in the Reference portal |
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Free text
If a Member State wishes to add further documentation to what is requested in this format, mention such documentation as Annexes together with their filenames at the end of this free text section and upload the relevant files to the EEA’s reporting mechanism together with the rest of the report. If possible, provide a translation into English. |
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Maximum 2-3 pages |
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Provide a link to Internet address(es) for national information sources where the requested information can be found or explain how to access this information. |
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URL/text |
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URL/text |
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URL/text |
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URL/text |
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List the most recent activities below. Additional free text information of relevance with reference to the implementation of Art. 10 can be given in Section 1 (main achievements). |
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URL/text |
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Repeat fields 3.2.1 to 3.2.3 if more than one overview has been published |
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Species covered, main results, etc. |
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URL/text |
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URL/text |
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Repeat fields 3.4.1 to 3.4.3 if more than one; maximum 10 publications |
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Species covered, main results etc. |
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URL/text |
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Report on bird species that do not naturally occur in the wild in the European territory of the Member States and for which introduction has taken place during the reporting period. Repeat fields 4.1 to 4.5 for each species reported as needed. |
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Where relevant |
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Free text; to include justification, number of individuals and duration of any authorisation |
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Date |
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Other relevant information, complementary to the data requested under fields 4.1–4.4 Free text |
PART B - BIRD SPECIES’ STATUS AND TRENDS REPORT FORMAT
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Use code according to the list in the Reference portal |
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Select code from bird species checklist in the Reference portal |
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Select code from bird species checklist in the Reference portal |
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Select species from bird species checklist in the Reference portal |
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Where relevant, select the distinct population (according to bird species checklist in the Reference portal) |
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Scientific name used at the national level, if different to 1.4 |
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In national language |
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Select season in which the data you are reporting were collected: Breeding / Winter / Passage (as identified in the bird species checklist) |
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Please indicate if this is the first reporting round for this species (excluding situations involving a change to species name or code between reporting periods)
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Please indicate the nature of the first-time reporting. Any other additional information is optional. |
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Year or period when population size was last determined |
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Breeding pairs / individuals / other (according to bird species checklist in the Reference portal) |
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Number (raw, i.e. not rounded). Provide either interval (b, c) and/or best single value (d) |
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Number (raw, i.e. not rounded). Provide either interval (b, c) and/or best single value (d) |
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Number (raw, i.e. not rounded). Provide either interval (b, c) and/or best single value (d) |
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Best estimate / multi-year mean / 95% confidence interval / minimum |
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Select one of the following methods:
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Give bibliographic references, link to Internet sites, expert contact details, etc. Free text |
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Is there a change between reporting periods? If yes, more than 1 option b) to f) can be chosen
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The change is mainly due to (select one of the reasons below):
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Other relevant information, complementary to the data requested under fields 3.1–3.6 Free text |
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Rolling 12-year time window or period as close as possible to that, e.g. for the reporting period 2019-2024 this is 2013-2024 |
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Select one of the following:
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Percentage change over period indicated in the field 4.1.1. Provide either interval (a, b) and/or best single value (c) |
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Percentage change over period indicated in the field 4.1.1. Provide either interval (a, b) and/or best single value (c) |
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Percentage change over period indicated in the field 4.1.1. Provide either interval (a, b) and/or best single value (c) |
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Select one of the following methods:
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Give bibliographic references, link to Internet sites, expert contact details, etc. Free text. |
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Period from around 1980 to the end of the reporting period |
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Percentage change over period indicated in the field 4.2.1. Provide either interval (a, b) and/or best single value (c) |
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Percentage change over period indicated in the field 4.2.1. Provide either interval (a, b) and/or best single value (c) |
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Percentage change over period indicated in the field 4.2.1. Provide either interval (a, b) and/or best single value (c) |
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Select one of the following methods:
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Give bibliographic references, link to Internet sites, expert contact details, etc. Free text |
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Other relevant information, complementary to the data requested under sections 4.1 and 4.2 Free text |
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The spatial information provided relates to a species (or subspecific population) to be treated as ‘sensitive’
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Year or period when breeding distribution was last determined |
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Submit a map together with relevant metadata following the technical specifications in the Explanatory Notes. The standard for species distribution is 10×10km ETRS 89 grid cells, LAEA (EPSG:3035) projection. |
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Total surface area of the breeding distribution in km2 |
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Select one of the following methods:
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MS can submit an additional map, deviating from the standard submission under field 5.3. and/or a range map |
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Give bibliographic references, link to Internet sites, expert contact details, etc. |
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Other relevant information, complementary to the data requested under fields 5.1–5.7 Free text |
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Rolling 12-year time window or period as close as possible to that, e.g. for the reporting period 2019-2024 this is 2013-2024 |
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Select one of the following:
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Percentage change over period indicated in the field 6.1.1. Provide either interval (a, b) and/or best single value (c) |
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Percentage change over period indicated in the field 6.1.1. Provide either interval (a, b) and/or best single value (c) |
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Percentage change over period indicated in the field 6.1.1. Provide either interval (a, b) and/or best single value (c) |
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Select one of the following methods:
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Give bibliographic references, link to Internet sites, expert contact details, etc. Free text |
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Period from around 1980 to the end of the reporting period |
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Select one of the following:
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Percentage change over period indicated in the field 6.2.1. Provide either interval (a, b) and/or best single value (c) |
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Percentage change over period indicated in the field 6.2.1. Provide either interval (a, b) and/or best single value (c) |
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Percentage change over period indicated in the field 6.2.1. Provide either interval (a, b) and/or best single value(c) |
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Select one of the following methods:
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Give bibliographic references, link to Internet sites, expert contact details, etc. Free text |
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Other relevant information, complementary to the data requested under sections 6.1 and 6.2. Free text |
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List a maximum of 20 pressures using the code-list provided in the Reference portal and fill b) to g) for each pressure. |
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Fill in for ‘ongoing’ and ‘ongoing and likely to be in the future’:
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Fill in for ‘ongoing’ and ‘ongoing and likely to be in the future’.
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Fill where pressure on ‘IAS of Union concern’ is selected. Please select from relevant species-list (see Article 12 reference portal) |
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Fill where pressure ‘other invasive alien species - other than species of Union concern’ is selected. Please select from EASIN database (see Article 12 reference portal) |
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Select one of the following methods:
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If available, provide sources of information (URL, metadata) supporting evidence of pressures |
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Other relevant information, complementary to the data requested under field 7.1 Free text |
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Are measures needed?
If YES, indicate the status of measures (select only one option):
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Fill if “c) Part of measures identified have been taken” or “d) Most/all of measures identified have been taken” (8.1) was selected: Do these impact (select only one option)
of the population |
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Indicate the location of measures taken (indicate only one option):
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(when the measures start to neutralize the pressure(s) and produce positive effects) |
Indicate the time frame of the response to measures (with regard to the main purpose indicated in field 8.3) - (indicate only one option):
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List a maximum of 20 measures using the code list provided in the Article 12 reference portal |
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Other relevant information, complementary to the data requested under fields 8.1 – 8.6 Free text |
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To be reported for all Annex I species and non-Annex I species of Directive 2009/147/EC triggering Special Protection Area (SPA) classification (the bird species checklist in the Reference portal should be used) |
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(on national level including all sites where the species is present) |
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Use same unit as in field 3.2.a) |
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Number (raw, i.e. not rounded). Provide either interval (b, c) and/or best single value (d) |
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Number (raw, i.e. not rounded). Provide either interval (b, c) and/or best single value (d) |
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Number (raw, i.e. not rounded). Provide either interval (b, c) and/or best single value (d) |
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Best estimate / multi-year mean / 95% confidence interval / minimum |
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Select one of the following methods:
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Short-term trend of population size within the network over the period indicated in field 4.1.1. Select one of the following:
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Select one of the following methods:
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Other relevant information, complementary to the data requested under fields 9.1–9.5 Free text |
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To be filled at species / subspecies level |
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SAP/MP/BMS (the list of species having a SAP/MP/BMS in the Reference portal should be used), multiple plans can be selected) |
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Indicate if species’ national status (with respect to numbers and range) is (select only one option):
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Indicate if species’ national status (with respect to numbers and range) is (select only one option):
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Web-links (e.g. for national plan), published reports, etc. Free text |
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To be filled at species / subspecies level |
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Is the species nationally hunted?
If yes, then continue filling in fields 11.2 to 11.4. |
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Provide national hunting bag statistics for the reporting period |
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Individuals |
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Indicate if this information relates to a Winter or Passage population (where not filled it is assumed that Winter and Passage populations are not distinguished) |
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Provide statistics per hunting season or per year (where season is not used) over the reporting period. |
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Season / year 1 |
Season / year 2 |
Season / year 3 |
Season / year 4 |
Season / year 5 |
Season / year 6 |
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Min. (raw, i.e. not rounded) |
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Max. (raw, i.e. not rounded) |
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Unknown |
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Select one of the following methods:
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Other relevant information, complementary to the data requested under fields 11.1–11.3 Free text |
Explanatory Notes
in support to the Reporting Format referred to in Article 12 of Directive 2009/147/EC (Birds Directive)
Introduction
The Article 12 reference portal
PART A
GENERAL REPORT FORMAT
Member State
1.
MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS UNDER THE DIRECTIVE 2009/147/EC
1.1.
Text in national language
Main achievements:
Success story example
1.2.
Translation into English (optional)
1.3.
Name, code and season of species / subspecies in success stories
2.
GENERAL INFORMATION SOURCES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE 2009/147/EC
2.1.
General information on Directive 2009/147/EC
2.2.
Information on the Natura 2000 (Special Protection Area (SPA)) network
2.3.
Monitoring schemes (Article 4(1) and Article 10 of Directive 2009/147/EC)
2.4.
Protection of species (Articles 5–8 of Directive 2009/147/EC)
2.5.
Transposition of the Directive (legal texts)
3.
RESEARCH AND WORK REQUIRED AS A BASIS FOR THE PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIRD POPULATIONS (ARTICLE 10 OF DIRECTIVE 2009/147/EC)
3.1.
National bird atlas
3.2.
National bird monitoring overview
3.3.
National bird red list
3.4.
Other publications of EU-wide interest (e.g. national overview of action for threatened species)
4.
NON-NATIVE BIRD SPECIES (ARTICLE 11 OF DIRECTIVE 2009/147/EC)
4.1.
Species scientific name
4.2.
Subspecific unit
4.3.
Main contents of legal decision for introduction
4.4.
Consultation with the Commission
4.5.
Additional information (optional)
PART B
BIRD SPECIES’ STATUS AND TRENDS REPORT FORMAT (ARTICLE 12 OF DIRECTIVE 2009/147/EC)
Species to be reported
Taxonomy and nomenclature
Regularly occurring species
Bird species occurring during the Winter season and on passage
Key wintering species
Special Protection Area (SPA) trigger (including Annex I species) and Annex II species
of
Directive 2009/147/EC occurring during Winter season and on passage
Vagrant and occasional species
Newly arriving species
Extinct species
Non-native populations
Occurrence code/species code (from Article 12 checklist on Reference Portal) |
Description |
Reporting obligation |
PRE |
Regularly present |
To be reported |
ARR |
Newly arriving |
Not obligatory, but encouraged |
EXBA |
Species that became extinct after 1980 |
To be reported |
e.g.A115-X |
X denotes a non-native subpopulation of a species |
Not obligatory, but encouraged. Mandatory reporting ONLY for species A044-X Branta canadensis, A115-X Phasianus colchicus, A460-X Meleagris gallopavo (non-native populations) and A206-X Columba livia (feral populations). |
Explanatory notes for completing the Bird species status and trends report format
Season reporting
Species/subspecies-level reporting
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Annex I & SPA trigger Breeding (incl sedentary) |
Annex I & SPA trigger Winter |
Annex I and SPA trigger Passage |
Annex II Breeding (incl. Sedentary) |
Annex II Winter |
Annex II Passage |
Other Breeding |
Other key wintering |
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Seasons reporting |
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if SPA trigger (*1) |
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If SPA trigger |
If SPA trigger |
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Species reporting |
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if relevant |
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If listed in Annex II |
if listed in Annex II |
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1.
SPECIES INFORMATION
1.1.
Member State
1.2.
Species code
1.3.
EURING code
1.4.
Species scientific name
1.5.
Subspecific population
1.6.
Alternative species scientific name (optional)
1.7.
Common name (optional)
2.
SEASON
2.1.
Season
2.2.
First time reporting
2.3.
Additional information
3.
POPULATION SIZE
3.1.
Year or period
3.2.
Population size
3.3.
Type of estimate
3.4.
Method used
3.5.
Sources
3.6.
Change and reason for change (since previous report)
3.7.
Additional information (optional)
4.
POPULATION TREND
4.1.
Short-term trend (last 12 years)
4.1.1.
Short-term trend period
4.1.2.
Short-term trend direction
4.1.3.
Short-term trend magnitude
4.1.4.
Short-term trend – Method used
4.1.5.
Sources
4.2.
Long-term trend (since ca.1980)
4.2.1.
Long-term trend period
4.2.2.
Long-term trend direction
4.2.3.
Long-term trend magnitude
4.2.4.
Long-term trend – Method used
4.2.5.
Sources
4.3.
Additional information (optional)
5.
BREEDING DISTRIBUTION MAP AND SIZE
5.1.
Sensitive species
5.2.
Year or period
5.3.
Breeding distribution map
5.4.
Breeding distribution size
5.5.
Method used
5.6.
Additional maps (optional)
5.7.
Sources
5.8.
Additional information (optional)
6.
BREEDING DISTRIBUTION TREND
6.1.
Short-term trend (last 12 years)
6.1.1.
Short-term trend period
6.1.2.
Short-term trend direction
6.1.3.
Short-term trend magnitude
6.1.4.
Short-term trend – Method used
6.1.5.
Sources
6.2.
Long-term trend (since ca. 1980)
6.2.1.
Long-term trend period
6.2.2.
Long-term trend direction
6.2.3.
Long-term trend magnitude
6.2.4.
Long-term trend – Method used
6.2.5.
Sources
6.3.
Additional information (optional)
7.
MAIN PRESSURES AND THREATS
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Period of action/definition |
Timeframe |
Pressure |
Acting now and/or during (any part of or all of) the current reporting period. |
Current 6-year reporting period. |
Threat |
Factors expected to act in the future after the current reporting period. |
Future two reporting periods, i.e. within 12 years following the end of the current reporting period. |
7.1.
Characterisation of pressures
Timing |
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in the past but now suspended due to measures |
For reporting pressures which have become suspended at some point in the current reporting period. Where selected, there is no need to complete the fields on scope and influence. |
ongoing |
For reporting pressures that are ongoing during the reporting period i.e. no evidence of being suspended due to measures. |
ongoing and likely to be in the future |
For reporting both pressures and threats. Where selected, there is no need to complete the fields on scope and influence for the part of the entry concerning the threat, but only for the part that concerns the pressure. |
only in future |
For reporting threats. Where selected, there is no need to complete the fields on scope and influence. |
Scope (proportion of population affected)* [*to be completed for ‘ongoing’ and ‘ongoing and likely to be in the future’ timings only. Although the latter also includes threats, the ‘scope’ and ‘influence’ will only address pressures] |
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whole >90 % |
more than 90 % of the population reported in the Member State is affected by the pressure |
majority 50 – 90 % |
between 50 – 90 % of the population reported in the Member State is affected by the pressure |
minority <50 % |
less than 50 % of the population reported in the Member State is affected by the pressure |
Influence (on population or habitat of the species)* [*to be completed for ‘ongoing’ and ‘ongoing and likely to be in the future’ timings only. Although the latter also includes threats, the ‘scope’ and ‘influence’ will only address pressures] |
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High influence |
The pressure listed is a highly significant factor contributing to the decline of the population or the habitat of the species. It is an important direct or immediate influence on the population. |
Medium influence |
The pressure listed contributes to the decline of the population or the habitat of the species, but is not a high influence or a low influence pressure. It has a medium direct/immediate or indirect influence on the population. |
Low influence |
The pressure listed contributes to the decline of the population or the habitat of the species, although not the main contributor and in combination with other pressures and/or factors. |
Location* [*choose the option corresponding to where the pressure is principally acting] |
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Inside the Member State |
To be chosen for pressures acting inside the Member State or inside and outside the Member State but having approximately equal impact to national bird population |
Elsewhere in the EU |
If the pressure is primarily acting elsewhere in the EU (but may also be acting inside the Member State) |
Outside the EU |
Where it is known that the pressure principally acts outside the EU Member States |
Both inside and outside the EU |
Where the pressure acts both inside and outside the EU Member States |
Unknown |
Location of where the pressure is acting is not known |