2010 Review of Goose Management Policy in Scotland REVISED VERSION OCTOBER 2010 2010 Review of Goose Management Policy in Scotland Authors Bob Crabtree,1 Liz Humphreys, 2 Andrew Moxey3 & Chris Wernham2 1 CJC Consulting, 45 Southmoor Road, Oxford, OX2 6RF (
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[email protected]) 3 Pareto Consulting, 29 Redford Avenue, Edinburgh, EH13 0BX (
[email protected]) A report to the Scottish Government October 2010 ©British Trust for Ornithology BTO Scotland School of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Room 3A120/125, Cottrell Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA Registered Charity No. SC039193 1 REVISED VERSION OCTOBER 2010 Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................... 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................ 17 ACRONYMS USED IN TEXT ................................................................................... 19 SCIENTIFIC NAMES FOR GOOSE SPECIES AND POPULATIONS IN SCOTLAND ................................................................................................................................. 21 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 22 1.1 Background to current Scottish Goose Management Policy and Structure ...................... 22 1.2 Policy drivers and the need for review .......................................................................................