2024/25 census dates
for the Icelandic-breeding Goose Census:
12-13 October 2024
9-10 November 2024
22-23 March 2025
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.
Please note that this newsletter incorporated GSMP in 2022. For GSMP newsletters published between 2002 and 2021, please browse GooseNews.
GooseNews
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 issuePlease 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.
- Download all reports as a .zip file
Annual species accounts
Annual species accounts were published between 2005 and 2021 for the populations covered by GSMP.
They are available for download as .zip files by winter year and by population.
By winter year
By population
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.
- Download all reports as a .zip file
Dark-bellied Brent Goose supplementary counts
Reports on supplementary counts and records of Dark-bellied Brent Geese from 1985–1994.
- Download all reports as a .zip file
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.
- Download all reports as a .zip file
Greenland White-fronted Goose census
Annual reports on the national census of Greenland White-fronted Geese.
- Download all reports (2000/01–2021/22) as a .zip file
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).
- Download all reports as a .zip file
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.
- Download reports for census years 1960–1979 as a .zip file
- Download reports for census years 1980–1999 as a .zip file
- Download reports for census years 2000–2020 as a .zip file
Naturalised Goose Survey
Reports on the Naturalised Goose Survey and feral Greylag Geese in Britain and Ireland, and in south-west Scotland.
- Download all reports as a .zip file
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.
- Download all reports as a .zip file
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.
- Download reports for census dates 2008/09–2012/13 as a .zip file
- Download reports for census dates 20013/14–2017/18 as a .zip file
- Download reports for census dates 2019/20–2022/23 as a .zip file
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.
- Download all reports as a .zip file
Whooper and Bewick’s Swans in Ireland
Reports on the results of the international swan census in Ireland in 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020.
- Download all reports as a .zip file
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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