2024/25 census dates

for the Icelandic-breeding Goose Census:

12-13 October 2024

9-10 November 2024

22-23 March 2025


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Newsletters and reports

Read the latest news, publications and reports from GSMP, and browse the historical directory of reports.

Newsletters


WeBS and Waterbird News (formerly WeBSNews

WeBS and Waterbird News is the newsletter of the Goose and Swan Monitoring Programme and the Wetland Bird Survey. 

View the latest issue

Please note that this newsletter incorporated GSMP in 2022. For GSMP newsletters published between 2002 and 2021, please browse GooseNews.


GooseNews

GooseNews was the annual newsletter of the Goose and Swan Monitoring Programme between 2002 and 2021.

The following issues are available to download as .zip files:

Please note that this newsletter was discontinued after Issue 20, 2021. GSMP news is now published in WeBS and Waterbird News


Swan Specialist Group Newsletter

More issues of the SSG newsletter can be found on the Swan Specialist Group website.

Reports


Waterbirds in the UK

Waterbirds in the UK presents the annual report results of the Wetland Bird Survey and, since the 2021/22 issue, the Goose and Swan Monitoring Programme. 

It provides a single, comprehensive source of information on the current status and distribution of waterbirds in the UK for those interested in the conservation of the populations of these species and the wetland sites they use.

View the latest issue

Please note that this report incorporated GSMP in 2022/23. For GSMP reports published between 2002 and 2021, please browse below.


Waterbird Review

A series of reports on the populations covered by the Goose and Swan Monitoring Programme, published in 2004.

Each population is covered in an individual report. 

Goose populations reports


Dark-bellied Brent Goose age/breeding assessment

Annual reports on the breeding success of Dark-bellied Brent Geese as assessed in the UK, between 1985 and 2007.


Dark-bellied Brent Goose supplementary counts

Reports on supplementary counts and records of Dark-bellied Brent Geese from 1985–1994. 


Dark-bellied Brent Goose feeding area maps


Feeding goose distribution

Reports on the distribution of feeding geese in Britain, published between 1992 and 2013 by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.  

Distribution of Pink-footed and Greylag Geese in Britain (1994) Bell, M. C. and Rees, E.C., Wildfowl and Wetland Trust report to JNCC

Mapping the distribution of feeding Pink-footed Geese in England (2013) Brides, K., Mitchell, C. and Hearn, R. Wildfowl and Wetland Trust report

Distribution of Pink-footed and Greylag Geese in south-east Scotland, especially in relation to disturbance (1992) Cranswick, P. A. Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust report to the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland. 

Mapping the distribution of feeding Pink-footed and Iceland Greylag Geese in Scotland (2012) Mitchell, C. Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust report in partnership with SNH. 

Feeding areas for Dark-bellied Brent Geese around Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in the UK (2004) Rowell, H. E. and Robinson, J. A. Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust report in partnership with JNCC. 

Grey geese in the Moray Firth (1993) Stenhouse, I. J. 

Goose distribution and feeding around Loch Leven NNR (reports published 1995 and 1996) Hearn, R., Mitchell, C., Munro, I., and Ness, M. Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reports to SNH. 


Greenland Barnacle Goose census

Reports of the international census of Greenland Barnacle Geese.

Please note these are not annual.


Greenland White-fronted Goose census

Annual reports on the national census of Greenland White-fronted Geese.


Greylag Geese in Britain

Reports on the abundance and distribution of Greylag Geese in Orkney (2012–2016) and the Outer Hebrides (2015 and 2016), and of the summer status and distribution of Greylag Geese in north and west Scotland (2000 and 2011). 


Icelandic-breeding Pink-footed and Greylag goose census 

Annual reports on the status and distribution of Icelandic-breeding Pink-footed and Greylag geese, based on the international Icelandic-breeding Goose census.


Naturalised Goose Survey

Reports on the Naturalised Goose Survey and feral Greylag Geese in Britain and Ireland, and in south-west Scotland.


Pink-footed and Greylag Goose mid winter and spring counts

Annual reports on the mid winter and spring counts of Pink-footed and Greylag Geese between 1963 and 1967, and 1982 and 1996.

Please note there are no reports for 1987 and 1991-1993. 


Svalbard Barnacle Goose distribution 

Annual reports on the Svalbard Barnacle Goose distribution around the Solway Firth, based on flock counts from the Solway Goose Management Scheme area.

International Swan Census reports


Bewick’s Swan in Britain and Ireland

A report on the results of three censuses undertaken in Britain and Ireland between 1995 and 2005, with a particular focus on changes in abundance and distribution.


Bewick’s Swan in north-west Europe

Reports on the international census of the northwest European Bewick’s Swan population undertaken across the swans’ wintering range at c. 5-year intervals since 1984.


Whooper and Bewick’s Swans in Ireland 

Reports on the results of the international swan census in Ireland in 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020.


Whooper Swans in Iceland, Ireland and Britain

Reports on the results of the international Whooper Swan census in Iceland, Ireland and Britain between 1986 and 2020.

Please note these reports are not annual.



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