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Species/Populations This survey was designed to monitor the Northwest Scotland (NWS) Greylag Goose population. Since 2010, Greylag Geese throughout Britain have been treated as one population, British Greylag; due to the overlap in the range of the NWS and Re-established populations increasing to a point where delimiantion became difficult to jusify. History The first complete survey of Northwest Scotland Greylag Geese was conducted in 1997 to assess the population size and distribution of the NWS population. Since then, the NWS and Re-established populations have increased in abundance and distribution, and the extent to which the two populations now overlap is unknown. In order to assess this overlap the Scottish Greylag Goose Survey was developed, the first of which was undertaken in summer 2008 and 2009. Aims Assess population size and distribution, and identify sites of key importance. Coverage The 1997 survey covered the area to the north and west of Glen Mor between Fort William and Inverness, and west Argyll as far south as the Kintyre Peninsula and on islands to the west. Frequency Every nine years, in late August. Methods A site-based survey, with counts in 1997 made at all known areas of suitable habitat. Results The results of the 1997 survey were published as follows: Mitchell, C, D Patterson, P Boyer, P Cunningham, R MacDonald, E Meek, JD Okill & F Symonds 2000. The summer status and distribution of Greylag Geese in north and west Scotland. Scottish Birds 21:69-77. Getting involved A date for the next census has not been agreed at present.
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