Table 2.

Comparisons between goose populations in Scotland and their management

Islay (Greenland) barnacle geese	Solway (Svalbard) barnacle geese
Static numbers: ca. 37 000	Rising numbers: ca. 37 000
Large management payments	Modest management payments
Feeding scheme	Feeding scheme
Move to adaptive management	No shooting agreed by local scheme
Shooting controls	Small political activity
Strong political activity	Icelandic pink-footed geese
Icelandic greylag geese	Rising numbers: ca. 390 000
Static numbers: ca. 90 000	Highly mobile, daily and seasonally
Concentrated geographically on Orkney	Very small payment scheme - Strathbeg
No payment schemes	Almost no political activity
Modest (increasing) political activity	Open season shooting
Open season shooting	Reintroduced resident greylag geese
Native greylag geese	Rising numbers: 30 000?
Rising numbers: ca. 40 000	Widespread, locally very numerous
Concentrated geographically	No payments
Small payments for shooting schemes	Almost no political activity
Strong political activity	No management
Four local Adaptive Management Pilot schemes	Open season shooting
Shooting controls and open season shooting