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 […]

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. […]

£3.00
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Hub Programme 2023

The Wild Goose Festival Hub The Loreburne Centre, Dumfries

Join us at the Wild Goose Festival Hub this October and take part in our fun and creative events, workshops and activities. Learn all about our feathery friends, the Wild […]

Free

Conversing Building in partnership with Fife College & HMP Dumfries

The Stove Cafe 100 High Street, Dumfries

Postponed from October 16th | Closed Sunday’s As part of this year’s Wild Goose Festival, the Stove’s Conversing Building project has been engaging with Fife College learners based at HMP Dumfries. Sharing inspirations and prompts from the festivals theme of Keep Looking Up, the learners have worked through a variety of creative mediums to respond […]

Goose Gander

WWT Caerlaverock WWT Caerlaverock, Eastpark Farm, Dumfriesshire

Join us for a walk with a knowledgeable warden to learn how we manage the reserve for the thousands of barnacle geese and pink footed geese that migrate here in winter. Learn how to identify different species and experience the sights and sounds of these wonderful wildfowl. BOOKING ESSENTIAL Accessibility Details: The trails are all […]

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 […]

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