Scottish Wildlife Trust
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Oct 3, 2026
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31:28Rachel StewartHOST
[laughs] Uh, we've been talking about the arrival of pink-footed geese for the last couple of weeks.
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31:34Rachel StewartHOST
Uh, but from now until the 11th of October, the Scottish Wildlife Trust at Montrose Basin are marking the occasion with something quite exciting called Goose Fest.
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31:43Mark StephenHOST
Now, I went along to the visitor center at the basin on a very misty morning this week to meet manager Joanna Peaker to find out more about the festival.
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31:51Mark StephenHOST
And, you know, we wandered out onto the sort of shoreline.
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35:03Joanna PeakerGUEST
So they're the most popular events.
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35:05Joanna PeakerGUEST
They're all fully booked now.
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35:06Joanna PeakerGUEST
But it's when you go out with Scottish Wildlife Trust staff to the side of the basin where the f- pink-footed geese come into roost, which is overlooking the basin towards where the sun is setting.
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35:17Joanna PeakerGUEST
So you get to watch the sun setting over the basin, so it's a lovely pink sunset with many thousands of pink feet-