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Weirdy Geese & Halloween Trail with RSPB

RSPB Mersehead RSPB Mersehead Nature Reserve, Southwick, Dumfries

Strange sounds and creepy features, explore the trail for spooky creatures! Follow our Halloween activity trail to create your own spell, discover some mystery and magic about nature, while creating […]

Recycled Crafts: Badge Making with Wren Winters

Join the Wild Goose Festival Project Coordinator for a creative session turning secondhand books into art! Using old natural history books, crayons, pens, and collage, join us for an opportunity […]

Barnacle Goose Bonanza Gander with RSPB

RSPB Mersehead RSPB Mersehead Nature Reserve, Southwick, Dumfries

Be immersed in returning Svalbard Barnacle Geese, nearby and above our heads as we head down to one of the hides at Mersehead. With flocks of ducks, geese and wading […]

River Writes with DJ McDowell & Margot Henderson

Wild Goose Festival Hub Dumfries & Galloway Carers Centre, 2-6 Nith Street

Join DJ McDowell & Margot Henderson for a reflective writing walk along the river Nith, following the rhythm and rhyme of the river as it flows through place and time.  […]

Free

Expo 2025 with Out of the Blueprint

Print House 137 High Street, Dumfries

2025 marks 10 years of Out of the Blueprint. Out of the Blueprint is a Leith based riso studio, which supports young artists under 25 through traineeships, residencies, workshops, commissions […]

Brothers Who Followed The Sun with Commingled

The Wild Goose Festival Hub Carers Centre, Dumfries

Join Multi-Sensory Storyteller Heather Taylor from Commingled for Brothers Follow the Sun — an interactive sensory storytelling experience inspired by Aboriginal traditions and grounded in themes of migration, belonging, identity, […]

Free

Discover Caerlaverock’s Geese with WWT

WWT Caerlaverock WWT Caerlaverock, Eastpark Farm, Dumfriesshire

Join us for a walk with a knowledgeable warden and discover how we manage the reserve for thousands of barnacle and pink-footed geese that migrate here each winter. Learn how to identify different species […]

Wild Goose Ceilidh with CatStrand

New Galloway Town Hall High Street, New Galloway, Castle Douglas

Wild Goose Ceilidh promises to be a memorable night.  Music provided by Shore Road, with local poets and musicians providing even more delightful entertainment. A two course supper is also […]