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POSTPONED: River Water Testing & Invertebrate Count with Annan Harbour Action Group
At this hands-on session, you’ll help investigate the health of the River Annan by testing water quality and discovering the fascinating freshwater creatures that live below the surface. With the help of friendly guides, you’ll identify tiny invertebrates – important little indicators of how clean and healthy our river really is. You’ll learn how these…
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Wild Goose Chase with Crichton Parkrun
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Mairi Campbell: Living Stone
Living Stone is a distinctive blend of live music, song and viola as well as striking visual art, creating a rich, multi-sensory experience highlighting the mystery and beauty of everyday life. The journey begins with the discovery of the ancient mill stone on Mairi’s great-grandmother’s croft on the isle of Lismore. Mairi explores the stone’s…
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CANCELLED: Mairi Campbell: Living Stone
Living Stone is a distinctive blend of live music, song and viola as well as striking visual art, creating a rich, multi-sensory experience highlighting the mystery and beauty of everyday life. The journey begins with the discovery of the ancient mill stone on Mairi’s great-grandmother’s croft on the isle of Lismore. Mairi explores the stone’s…
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Nature Based Writing with Write!
Write! a monthly creative writing workshop, led by Karl Drinkwater. Set aside the time to be creative in short, inspirational burst, at this special Goose themed session. Event InformationAll ages welcome.Bring along a pen and paper. Accessibility InformationFully accessible for wheelchair users including toilets, disabled parking spaces available, hearing loop in place.
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Wild Goose Festival Foragers: Footsteps From Home with Wild Kat Foraging
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The Art of WWT Caerlaverock
Wetlands are the wild edge where land meets water. A no-man’s land of swamp, marsh and bog but that teems with life. No wonder so many artists have been inspired by them. WWT Caerlaverock, a wetland reserve covering 1400 acres south of Dumfries, has been the focus of many artists over the years. This talk…
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Pen & Think Event
Stories have been plucked from the wind and passed down to us from ancient days, with the aid of goose feathers. The quills of scribes fluttered over a thousand years ago to record tales that were much older. Come and experience storyteller Simon Lidwell bringing a selection of these to life. The tales will be…
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Hub Programme 2024
Join us at the Wild Goose Festival Hub this October for fun and creative events, science workshops, and activities. Learn all about our feathery friends, the Wild Geese, and discover why they visit us here in Dumfries & Galloway every year. Meet some of the people helping to protect our natural resources and get crafty…
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Wild Goose Festival 2024 Takes Flight
Dumfries & Galloway’s annual Wild Goose Festival is back and celebrates its fifth birthday with its biggest programme yet. Autumn 2024 marks the fifth birthday of the Dumfries & Galloway’s local Wild Goose Festival. This year key partners from across the region have designed a packed programme of family-friendly activity that combines creativity and interactive…