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The results of many of the Goose & Swan Monitoring Programme surveys are available in more detail in annual reports. The annual newsletter, GooseNews, is also available here. Please select a report or publication from the list below to view the reports available. If you are interested in a particular report not listed here, please contact the Waterbird Monitoring Unit at WWT Slimbridge. Data from these surveys are available for external use. Please visit the data requests page if you are interested in making a request. Newsletter GooseNews Survey reports Mute Swan Census International Swan Census Icelandic-breeding Goose Census Greenland White-fronted Goose Census International Census of Greenland Barnacle Geese Dark-bellied Brent Goose Age Assessment Naturalised Goose Survey European Cormorant Census Other reports Waterbird Review Series The State of the UK’s Birds Birds of Conservation Concern GooseNews This is the annual newsletter of WWTs Goose & Swan Monitoring Programme. It contains reports from monitoring activities, information on forthcoming surveys, and other information of relevance and interest to those involved with goose and swan monitoring in the UK. 
Mute Swan Census reports The first Mute Swan Census was undertaken in Britian in spring 1955/56 to determine the size of the British population during the breeding season. Further censues were conducted in 1978, 1983, 1990 and 2002.
International Swan Census reports The International Swan Census aims to estimate population size and identify important wintering sites of Bewick's and Whooper Swans. The first census was in 1986 and it is conducted every five years.
Click here to display pdf: Worden, J, PA Cranswick, O Crowe, G McElwaine, & EC Rees. 2006. Numbers and distribution of Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii wintering in Britain and Ireland: results of the International Censuses, January 1995, 2000 and 2005. Wildfowl 56:3-22.
Worden, J, O Crowe, O Einarsson, A Gardarsson, G McElwaine & EC Rees. In prep. Population size and breeding success of the Icelandic Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus: results of the January 2005 International Census. Icelandic-breeding Goose Census reports Started in the UK in 1960, the Icelandic-breeding Goose Census now includes over 120 sites internationally. It aims to estimate population sizes of Icelandic-breeding geese and identify important wintering areas.
Greenland White-fronted Goose Census reports Started in the winter of 1982/83, the Greenland White-fronted Goose Census aims to assess population size and reproductive success, and identify important wintering sites for Greenland White-fronted Geese in the UK and Ireland.
International Census of Greenland Barnacle Geese reports Using ground and aerial counts, the International Census of Greenland Barnacle Geese aims to assess the population size and distribution, and important wintering sites of Greenland Barnacle Geese in the UK and Ireland. It began in 1959 and is carried out approximately every five years.
Dark-bellied Brent Goose Age Assessment reports Age assessments made at wintering and stop-over sites are used to determine the annual reproductive success of goose populations. Dark-bellied Brent Goose Age Assessments have been carried out at many UK wintering sites every year since 1985.
Naturalised Goose Survey reports The Naturalised Goose Survey aims to assess population size, distribution and productivity of all non-native geese and re-established Greylag Geese. The first survey was in 1991 and it is conducted every nine years.
European Cormorant Census reports Organised by Wetland International's Cormorant Research Group, the European Cormorant Census was undertaken in January 2003 to assess the species' wintering numbers and distribution. Results from the Great Britain survey, co-ordinated by WWT, are presented here. Click here to display pdf: Cormorant
Roost Survey 2003
Waterbird Review Series The Waterbird Review Series brings together up to four decades of data and knowledge from the long-term monitoring programmes of swan and migratory goose populations that winter in Britain and Ireland. The State of the UK’s Birds The State of the UK’s Birds is an annual overview of the fortunes of wild birds in the United Kingdom, and it’s Overseas Territories.
Birds of Conservation Concern The population status of birds in the UK is regularly assessed through a collaboration of the UK's leading governmental and non-governmental conservation organisations. The latest Birds of Conservation Concern review, covering the period 2002-2007, used seven criteria to place a total of 247 regularly occurring species onto one of three lists: red, amber or green. This categorisation provides an indication of the priority that should be given to each species when allocating resources for conservation action. Click here to display as pdf: Birds of Conservation Concern
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