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Swan Goose Anser cygnoides

Status.

Category E*

Native Range

Asia. Breeds in southern Siberia, Mongolia and north China and winters in N and S Korea.

Conservation Status

Endangered

British Occurrence

NBN atlas has 2,990 records as at end 2024. Map Here.

Widely distributed as a feral species in England, Wales and Scotland. Has bred in 2011 in Worcestershire.

Recorded at 19 sites during 2000-01. 18 at Etherow CP and 13 on Esthwaite Water

10 reports from Nottinghamshire between 1988 and 2004; mostly single birds in the Trent Valley but four at Burton Meadows in 1996 and eight at Lound GP in 2003

Also three at Bennerley in Sept 2022. (NP)

Where to see Swan Goose in captivity

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Sources

https://www.bto.org/sites/default/files/u18/downloads/publications/wwc0103_3.pdf

Reece et. al. The Birds of Nottinghamshire 2019.

N. Pinder pers. obs.