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We recommend that all active contributors to WWT waterbird surveys bookmark this page and check it for updated information on forthcoming surveys and other information of interest. All updates posted here are also sent by email to relevant participants. If you are an active fieldworker with email and do not receive any relevant updates, please contact the Species Monitoring Unit at WWT Slimbridge. Next edition of GooseNews now available [added 14/09/11] The autumn 2011 edition of GooseNews, the newsletter of WWT's Goose & Swan Monitoring Programme (GSMP), is now available to download. GooseNews contains reports on goose and swan monitoring activities in 2010/11, various articles and other information of relevance and interest. Greenland Whitefront staging area in Iceland declared a bird reserve [added 16/05/2011] In February, the land of Hvanneyri in Andakill, Borgarfjördur, west Iceland were declared a bird reserve. Hvanneyri is the most important spring staging area in Iceland for Greenland White-fronted Geese. The reserve has also been nominated as a Ramsar site. Bird hunting will be banned in the area and drainage of wetlands will be limited. Click links below for related articles: http://www.wildlifewatch.in/section/protected-areas/6652.html http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=40764&ew_0_a_id=373557 Review of Goose Managment Policy in Scotland [added 19/04/11] Following a review of Scotland's goose management policy, the Scottish Government is considering ways of adapting management schemes to make them more responsive to conservation needs. The review suggests that current schemes have been very successful in protecting and sustaining many important goose populations but that the help available is inconsistent. As a result the Scottish Government is working with Scottish Natural Heritage and the National Goose Management Review Group to target funds accordingly. For more information please see the Scottish Government website. New colour-marking pages added our website [added 10/11/2010] Information on WWT's colour-marking projects can now be found on the Capture & marking page and the species accounts for Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan and Pink-footed Goose. These pages will be updated with new information as and when it becomes available. Details of how to submit a sighting of colour-marked wildfowl can also be found on the Capture & marking page. New Partnership for Goose & Swan Monitoring Programme [added 22/10/2010] A new and stronger Partnership for monitoring the UK's internationally important migratory geese and swans has been formed. The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust and Joint Nature Conservation Committee's Goose & Swan Monitoring Programme partnership has now been joined by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). The inclusion of SNH in this long-term partnership will considerably strengthen the GSMP as many of the UK's most important goose populations, such as the Greenland White-fronted Goose and two populations of Barnacle Goose, are concentrated, or even found wholly, in Scotland. Furthermore, at many key sites detailed management arrangements for geese are in operation and there is a strong interest in effective goose management among a broad range of stakeholders. SNH's strengthened commitment to the monitoring of these important populations is therefore most welcome, and will help to ensure that their conservation status is accurately tracked, that the most important sites where they occur are adequately identified, and that future management is based upon a sound understanding of their population dynamics. |