Census sites and coverage

Naturalised Barnacle Goose Census 2023

The below sites are regularly known to host Barnacle Geese from the naturalised population. All sites shown in blue have full coverage, however any sites shown in orange have vacant sites.

If you are interested in taking on one of these sites, please get in touch with Kane Brides on kanebrides(at)gmail.com.

Site list

• Llyn Traffwll

• Loch of Lintrathen
• Montrose Basin

• Blunham Lakes
• Castle Mills Gravel Pits
• Harrowden Water Meadows
• Hundred Acre Lake
• Octagon Farm Gravel Pits
• Priory Country Park
• Roxton Lake
• Willington

• Eversley Gravel Pits
• Moor Green Lakes
• Fleethill Farm
• Wellington Country Park

• Emberton Gravel Pits
• Gayhurst Quarries

• Dunkirk
• Paxton Pits Nature Reserve (Island Pit)
• Purls Bridge to Railway
• Somersham Gravel Pit

• Afon Ddu / Ynys-Hir
• Clettwr
• Teifi Estuary

• Ince Bank

• Bassenthwaite Lake
• Derwentwater
• Duddon Estuary – Foxfield
• Duddon Estuary
• Millom Marsh
• South Walney Island
• Ullswater

• Carsington Water

• Chesil Fleet – Reeds End to Rodden Hive
• Chesil Fleet – Rodden Hive to Moonfleet

• Saltholme (All sites)
• Cowpen Marsh

• Faxfleet to Brough Haven
• Hornsea Mere

• Barcombe Mills Reservoir
• Pett Level
• Weir Wood Reservoir

• Fambridge to Althorne
• Horsey Island
• Lee Valley SPA (Vacant)

• Frampton-on-Severn (Frampton Pools)
• WWT Slimbridge

• Dwyryd Estuary

• Isle of Man (all sites)

• Brading Harbour
• Hersey Nature Reserve

• Leeds Castle
• Scotney and Lydd West
• Higham Marsh

• Blackpool Zoo
• Marton Mere
• Stocks Reservoir

• Alkborough Flats
• Cleethorpes (inc boating lake)
• Whitton Sand
• The Paddocks

• Caldy Fields
• Knowsley Safari Park

• Breydon Water & Berney Marshes
• Buckenham Marshes
• Heigham Holmes
• Holkham (all areas)
• Pensthorpe Natural Park
• Burnham Overy Marshes
• Snettisham

• Scorton Quarry
• York University
• Flamingo Land
• Nosterfield Nature Reserve

• Strangford Lough (all sites)

• Farmoor Reservoir
• RSPB Otmoor
• Port Meadow
• Sutton Courtenay

• Loch Leven
• Carsebreck & Rhynd Lochs

• Llangorse Lake

• Rutland Water

• Blagdon Lake
• Chew Valley Lake
• Torr Reservoir

• RSPB Old Moor

• Blithfield Reservoir
• Uttoxeter Quarry
• Rocester (JCB Lakes)

• Benacre Broad
• Dingle Marshes
• Walberswick NNR
• Elvedon Forest Centre Parcs
• RSPB Minsmere
• North Warren
• Thorpeness Mere
• RSPB Boyton & Hollesey Marshes
• Earsham Wetland Centre

• Chelsea Reservoir
• Island Barn Reservoir

• Edbaston The Vale
• RSPB Sandwell Valley