The Wild Goose Festival will be back in 2024!

The 2023 Wild Goose Festival concluded on the 29th of October, but don’t worry! Events celebrating the migration of our feathery friends will return in Autumn 2024. For updates on all things Wild Goose, make sure you are following our social media channels.

Ongoing

Artful Migration Exhibition

Gracefield Arts Centre 28 Edinburgh Road,, Dumfries

Closed (Sundays & Mondays) An exhibition by Artful Migration artists-in-residence, Leeming & Paterson. Over the past 8 months Ted Leeming & Morag Paterson have spent time at Lochar Mosses exploring the elusive Nightjar, one of Scotland’s rarest and most unusual birds, which appears to be thriving in the region. The nightjar has secretive behaviour and […]

Svalbard to the Solway Story Trail at Mersehead

RSPB Mersehead RSPB Mersehead Nature Reserve, Southwick, Dumfries

Part of the #WildGooseFestival2023. Meet Bart (the Barnacle Goose) and read his story along this self-led, short activity trail about how his family try to survive life as wild geese. Collect an activity booklet and pencil at our visitor centre and then head to places along the marked trail. Warning, some activities will require grown-up […]

£3.00

Badger Banquet at Mersehead

RSPB Mersehead RSPB Mersehead Nature Reserve, Southwick, Dumfries

Feast your eyes on badgers, as they snuffle around for a snack in our garden. So, they’re not goosey but are just as black, white and grey as our barnacle geese! These creatures are living on the reserve and often leave tracks and signs along our trails but close views can be a challenge. Watch […]

£10
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