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CANADA GOOSE
Branta canadensis
Canada Goose © Mike Weston
 
Conservation Listings

Unlisted/Green
Biodiversity Steering Group: Unlisted
  Long term trend
UK: Increase
Riparian habitats: Stable/fluctuating
 
Status Summary
Canada Geese on linear waterways have been monitored by WBS since 1980, but long-term trends in the UK population as a whole are not known from annual breeding season surveys. Results from periodic breeding surveys show the population is increasing at an accelerating rate (Wernham et al. in press). Winter monitoring by WeBS shows a continuing long-term increase (Musgrove et al. 2001).
 
 
Table of population changes for Canada Goose
Source Period
(yrs)		 Years Plots
(n)		 Change
(%)		 Lower
limit		 Upper
limit		 Alert Comment
BBS UK 6 1994-2000 289 51 31 74    
BBS England 6 1994-2000 274 35 18 56    
The Breeding Bird Survey is jointly funded by BTO, JNCC and RSPB
 
 
Productivity information is not currently available for this species
 




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This report should be cited as:
Baillie, S.R., Crick, H.Q.P., Balmer, D.E., Beaven, L.P., Downie, I.S., Freeman, S.N., Leech, D.I., Marchant, J.H.,
Noble, D.G., Raven, M.J., Simpkin, A.P., Thewlis, R.M. and Wernham, C.V. (2002) Breeding Birds in the Wider
Countryside: their conservation status 2001. BTO Research Report No. 278. BTO, Thetford. (http://www.bto.org/birdtrends)

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