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. In each review, introductory sections describe abundance, distribution and ecology, particularly in Britain and Ireland but also through the population's range. Gaps in our knowledge are identified and the conservation threats facing the population are described. Central to each review is a detailed inventory of important sites, where numbers and trends are presented along with a summary of site protection status, habitats and site usage by the population. This includes all internationally and nationally important sites in the late 1990s, but also sites of former importance where numbers have declined.

The series covers the following populations:
(To find out more about each waterbird review and to download a pdf version, click on the links below)

	Mute Swan
	Bewick's Swan
	Whooper Swan
	Bean Goose
	Pink-footed Goose
	Greater White-fronted Goose
	Iceland Greylag Goose
	Greenland Barnacle Goose
	Dark-bellied Brent Goose
	East Canadian High Arctic Light-bellied Brent Goose
	East Atlantic Light-bellied Brent Goose
	Acknowledgement of Main Contributors

Note: Although not part of this series, a review of the Greenland White-fronted Goose in Ireland and Britain 1982/83-1993/94 (Fox et al 1994) has previously been published and is available from the Greenland White-fronted Goose Study web site (www.greenlandwhitefront.homestead.com).