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Reference Portal for Birds Reporting (Art. 12 of the Birds Directive)
This reference portal contains all reference documents (e.g. the coding of species)and technical support material (e.g. reporting guidelines) needed to fill in the reporting format under Article 12 of the Birds Directive and to ensure a consistency by all Member States
Documentation
1)Reporting formats for the period 2008-2012
The reporting format for Article 12 is available here.
Maintained by: DG Environment, European Environment Agency (EEA), last updated: 15.04.2011
2) Explanatory Notes and Guidelines for the period 2008-2012
The Explanatory notes and Guidelines for Article 12 are available here.
Maintained by: DG Environment, European Environment Agency (EEA), last updated: 15.04.2011
3) Guidelines for submitting Article 12 data
These are under preparation but will be available well in advance of the date for submission of data.
Maintained by: DG Environment, European Environment Agency (EEA), last updated: 20.03.2012
4) Reporting Tool Software
The Reporting Tool software is currently being finalised and will be available shortly.
Maintained by: DG Environment, European Environment Agency (EEA), last updated: 20.03.2012
5) FAQ
These are under preparation and will be available shortly. They will be added to during the Reporting period so please return to this site regularly.
Maintained by: DG Environment, European Environment Agency (EEA), last updated: 20.03.2012
If you have questions, please read first the guidelines, then the FAQ, if you don't find an answer there please contact the helpdesk (E-mail: reportingart12art17 [at] mnhn.fr)
Reference material
1) ISO 3166 country-code
The EU rule of the use of the 2-letter ISO 3166 country-code (see iso.org) is applied with the exception of UK which is used instead of GB in order to keep the existing coding for site identifiers
| English Name | ISO code | English Name | ISO code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | AT | Latvia | LV |
| Belgium | BE | Lithuania | LT |
| Bulgaria | BG | Luxembourg | LU |
| Cyprus | CY | Malta | MT |
| Czech Republic | CZ | Netherlands | NL |
| Denmark | DK | Poland | PL |
| Estonia | EE | Portugal | PT |
| Finland | FI | Romania | RO |
| France | FR | Slovakia | SK |
| Germany | DE | Slovenia | SI |
| Greece | GR | Spain | ES |
| Hungary | HU | Sweden | SE |
| Ireland | IE | United Kingdom | UK |
| Italy | IT |
For the following four sub-national regions the following codes should be used
| English Name | Sub national Code | Gibraltar | GIB | Portugal: Azores | PTAC | Portugal: Madeira | PTMA | Spain: Canary Islands | ESIC |
|---|
2) Checklist for bird species of Sections 1-6
(This includes details for various fields under Section 1 of the reporting format on bird species status/trends)
Complete checklist and codes for bird species to be covered under Sections 1-6 of the status/trends report format
Maintained by: DG Environment, European Environment Agency (EEA), last updated: 08.04.2011
3) Checklist for "SPA trigger species"
Checklist and codes for bird species to be covered under Sections 7-8 of the status/trends report format (SPA trigger species)
Maintained by: DG Environment, European Environment Agency (EEA), last updated: 08.04.2011
4) Population units (field 2.2a of the reporting format on bird species status/trends
Recommended units are breeding pairs (= p) for the breeding season and individuals (= i) for the winter and passage seasons, with a few exceptions which are indicated in the species checklist for Sections 1-6. Use codes according to list of population units, as found here.
Maintained by: DG Environment, European Environment Agency (EEA), last updated: 20.01.2011
5) List of threats and pressures (field 7.a of the reporting format on bird species status/trends)
The reference list on threats and pressures is available here. The same list is used for the species reporting under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive and the Standard Data Form (SDF).
Maintained by: DG Environment, European Environment Agency (EEA), last updated: 14.04.2010
6) List of conservation measures (field 8.2.1 of the reporting format on bird species status/trends)
The same list is used for the species reporting under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive and the Standard Data Form (SDF)
7) European grids
The European (ETRS) 10x10km² are available on the 'Data and maps' section of the EEA website .
Maintained by: DG Environment, European Environment Agency (EEA), last updated: 15.06.2011