Table 1.

The most recent estimated population sizes of 17 wild goose populations in western Europe as reviewed in Fox and Leafloor (unpublished results). Columns also provide the year of the estimate, as well as the longer-term (>10 years but time series depending on population) trends expressed as percentage rate of change per annum, together with the duration of the period use to calculate these trends

Goose species and population	Estimated population size	Year of estimate	% rate of change per annum	Period of rate of change
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis fabalis	52 000	2015	−6.0	2006–2015
Tundra Bean Goose Anser fabalis rossicus	600 000	2014	+2.6	1990–2013
Iceland Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	360 000	2013	+3.9	1960–2013
Svalbard Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	76 000	2014	+3.6	1965–2013
Baltic-North Sea wintering White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons albifrons	1 085 000	2012	+2.5	1988–2012
Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris	18 900	2015	−2.8	1999–2014
Scandinavian Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	80	2010	−5.0	1993–2008
Iceland Greylag Goose Anser anser	100 000	2014	+1.5	1960–2013
UK breeding Greylag Goose Anser anser	140 000	2014	+9.4	1998–2008
NW Europe breeding Greylag Goose Anser anser	960 000	2014	+8.5	1980–2008
Central European Greylag Goose Anser anser	100 000	2014	+6.8	1995–2008
Greenland Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	80 500	2013	+3.6	1959–2012
Svalbard Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	38 000	2013	+6.6	1956–2013
Russia/Baltic/North Sea Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	1 200 000	2015	+7.8	1960–2014
Russian Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla	211 000	2011	+5.6	1956–2010
NE Canada light-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla hrota	48 000	2011	+4.4	1996–2013
Svalbard light-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla hrota	7500	2015	+2.4	1987–2015