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 […]

Dawn Flight

WWT Caerlaverock WWT Caerlaverock, Eastpark Farm, Dumfriesshire

Take this unique opportunity to watch thousands of Barnacle geese flighting in to the reserve against the dawn sky. We will walk out to the merse at dawn to watch […]

The Wild Sound of Great Writing

WWT Caerlaverock WWT Caerlaverock, Eastpark Farm, Dumfriesshire

Some writers manage to capture the thrill of being among and of the natural world in words which resonate and serve as portals to our understanding and memory. This is […]

The Geese at the Crook

RSPB Crook of Baldoon Shell Road, Wigtown

The RSPB Crook of Baldoon Reserve covers 194 hectares (479 acres) along the Baldoon Sands adjacent to Wigtown. The site lies adjacent to the Cree Estuary Site of Scientific Natural […]

Goose Quest

National Trust for Scotland’s Threave Nature Reserve Kelton Mains, Castle Douglas

Goose Quest at National Trust for Scotland Threave Nature Reserve drop-in activities throughout the day – NTS Rangers and Volunteers will be on hand to help you get the most […]

Goose Themed Forest School 

RSPB Mersehead RSPB Mersehead Nature Reserve, Southwick, Dumfries

Join us for another one of our popular Forest School events, this workshop will be all things goose to coincide with the #WildGooseFestival2023. Limited places are available for primary aged […]

£5.00

Three Sisters – A Story from the Climate Future (Day 1)

Kirkconnell House New Abbey, Dumfries

From the renowned art and social justice group Platform, Three Sisters – A Story from the Climate Future, is a drama made specifically for Nithsdale and premiering at the Wild Goose Festival. […]

Goose Roost on Sandflats Walk at Mersehead

RSPB Mersehead RSPB Mersehead Nature Reserve, Southwick, Dumfries

Part of the #WildGooseFestival2023. Some of the greatest spectacles of nature take place at dusk. Join our guide to enjoy Svalbard barnacle geese descending on the sandflat and reserve to […]

Writing for Nature – Connecting Place, Species & Season

National Trust for Scotland’s Threave Nature Reserve Kelton Mains, Castle Douglas

BOOKING ESSENTIAL Stephen Rutt’s book Wintering: A Journey with Geese was chosen as Times Nature Book of the Year 2019, and described as “a poignant testament to how we can […]

£20
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