Snow Goose

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

Species of European Conservation Concern	Least Concern
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (global)	Least Concern
Schedule 1 license required (to disturb)	No
Birds Directive Annex 1	No

Although small numbers of genuine vagrant Snow Geese are recorded annually, the majority of individuals recorded during 2007–11 were escapes from captivity. The records of wild Snow Geese are most likely to occur at traditional staging or wintering areas of Pink-footed Geese. The breeding records are all of birds of captive origin and tend to be at sites with ornamental lakes; the only apparently self-sustaining populations were those in Argyll, on northwestern Mull and Coll in the Inner Hebrides.

The year-round presence of Snow Geese is a complicated mixture of naturalised residents and a small number of presumed vagrants from North America, the latter most often seen in winter with wild winter goose flocks.

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

View number ringed each year in the Online Ringing Report

Maximum Age from Ringing

4 years 11 months 22 days (set in 2007)

Field Codes

2-letter: SJ | 5-letter code: SNOGO | Euring: 1630

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