National Goose Forum

Overview

We established the National Goose Forum (previously, the National Goose Management Review Group, NGMRG) in May 2000 to implement the national policy framework and to advise Scottish Ministers on goose management in Scotland.

The forum is required to conduct a multi-disciplinary review of the national policy framework every five years, and to report its findings to ministers.

Its core objectives are to:

• meet the UK's nature conservation obligations for geese, within the context of wider biodiversity objectives
• minimise economic losses experienced by farmers and crofters caused by geese
• maximise the value for money of public expenditure on geese management

Members

• Hugh Dignon, Head of Wildlife and Flood Management Unit, Scottish Government (Chair)
• Morag Milne, Wildlife Policy Officer, NatureScot (Secretariat)  
• Samuel Turner, Natural Resources Division, Scottish Government
• Rae McKenzie, National Goose Policy Manager, NatureScot    
• Donald Fraser, Head of Natural Resource Management, NatureScot
• Jess Shaw, Ornithology Advisor, NatureScot      
• Bill Dundas, Deputy Head of Area Offices, Scottish Government, Rural Payments and Inspections Division (SGRPID)
• Peter Clark, Scotland Director, British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC Scotland)
• Steve Campbell, Wildlife Biologist, Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture                                                                                       
• Nathan Bryceland, Policy Adviser, Scottish Land and Estates   
• Penny Middleton, Policy Manager, National Farmers Union Scotland official                                                                                               
• Alasdair MacNab, Vice President, National Farmers Union Scotland Elected Member                                                                              
• Donna Smith, Chief Executive, Scottish Crofting Federation     
• Paul Walton, Head of Habitats and Species. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds                                                                                
• Vacant, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust        
• Nils Bunnefeld, Professor in Biological and Environmental Sciences, Stirling University                        
• Teresa Frost, WeBS Manager, British Trust for Ornithology   

Local Goose Management Groups (LGMGs)

• Alistair Watson, Orkney LGMG     
• David Muir, Uist LGMG     
• Peter Isaacson, Argyll Estates Tiree Keeper, Tiree and Coll LGMG     
• Alastair Martin, Solway LGMG     
• Duncan MacAlister, Kintyre LGMG     
• Robert Epps, Islay LGMG    
• Donald McCreath, Strathbeg LGMG      
• Sally Reynolds, Lewis and Harris LGMG     
• James Daniel, Shetland LGMG      
• Brian Minshull, Bean Goose Advisory Group 

Publications