Tag: geese

  • Insights & Impacts from Waterbird Monitoring with Scottish Ornithologist Club

    Insights & Impacts from Waterbird Monitoring with Scottish Ornithologist Club

    Volunteers of the Scottish Ornithologist Club have been counting geese, ducks, waders and other waterbirds for decades; but has it helped us learn anything about them? Dr Teresa Frost, BTO’s Head of Waterbird Monitoring, explains how the Wetland Bird Survey, the Goose and Swan Monitoring Programme and other surveys organised by BTO underpin waterbird research…

  • The Swan Woman Exhibition with Scottish International Storytelling Festival

    The Swan Woman Exhibition with Scottish International Storytelling Festival

    Come step into the mythic with Storyteller and artist Claire Hewitt who has created a series of images and felt pieces re-imagining a powerful traditional Finnish Story ‘The Swan Woman’ Event InformationExhibition open daily 9am – 3pm, closed Sunday Accessibility InformationFully accessible for wheelchair users including toilets, disabled parking spaces available, hearing loop in place.

  • POSTPONED: River Water Testing & Invertebrate Count with Annan Harbour Action Group

    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…

  • Wild Goose Chase with Crichton Parkrun

    Wild Goose Chase with Crichton Parkrun

    Join the flock on the wild goose chase at The Crichton. Take flight with the welcoming community on the fun, and friendly weekly 5k. Event InformationAll ages and abilities welcome.Register before your first Parkrun.Event sets off from The Crichton Memorial Church.

  • Nature Based Writing with Write!

    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.

  • Wild Goose Festival Foragers: Footsteps From Home with Wild Kat Foraging

    Wild Goose Festival Foragers: Footsteps From Home with Wild Kat Foraging

    The sound and sights of barnacle geese, whitefronts and more have always heralded home to me so I am delighted to be involved in this year’s wild goose festival and on home turf too! We will spend between an hour and a half urban foraging, starting from the festival hub in Dumfries, where we will…

  • The Art of WWT Caerlaverock

    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…

  • Wild Goose Festival Receives Sustainable Event Charter Recognition

    Wild Goose Festival Receives Sustainable Event Charter Recognition

    The Wild Goose Festival has earned UNESCO Biosphere Sustainable Event Charter status, recognising its commitment to sustainability, community engagement and celebrating the natural and cultural heritage of Dumfries and Galloway.

  • Pen & Think Event

    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…

  • A Fond Farewell to the Geese

    A Fond Farewell to the Geese

    As winter gives way to spring at WWT Caerlaverock, David Pickett reflects on the changing seasons, the arrival of summer migrants, and the annual farewell to the barnacle geese as they begin their journey north.

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