The Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris

late Lambert van Essen for their particular kindness
and support over many years.
The counting of geese can be a lonely and solitary
pursuit, but we have been fortunate in having
legions of folk who happily give of their own
spare time to endure the most horrendous conditions,
just to count geese or to read the insignia
on a collar. These dedicated people must never
be forgotten when counts are presented as a simple
matter-of-fact graph or annual survival estimates
are presented without recourse to the many
thousands of resighting observations they rely
upon. Our work would simply not be possible
without the efforts of such folk and it is good fortune
for us to stand on the shoulders of these individuals
and use their information, hopefully to
their satisfaction. Although it is unfair to single
people out, I would like to thank Malcolm Ogilvie,
Óli Einarsson, Jóhan-Oli Hilmarsson, Ross Lilley,
Stan Laybourne, Eric and Sue Bignal, Kendrew
Colhoun, Graham McElwaine and Ian Francis in
particular for their special efforts over the years.
Thanks to Carl Mitchell and Rich Hearn for sending
on resightings of Greenland White-fronted
Geese. I would also like list those that have made
a special contribution either through counts, surveys,
supply of resightings or have assisted in
other ways. They are (with apologies to anyone I
have forgotten): J. Adair, M. Adam, R.G. Adam, J.
Adams, G. Adolfson, D. Allen, G.Q. Anderson, J.
Anderson, I.S. Angus, R.A.G. Angus, members of
the Argyll Bird Club, B. Arnarson, J. Arnold, L.
Arnold, S. Aspinall, D. Auld, M. Avery, R. Baine,
Dr. I. Bainbridge, M. Ball, T. Banks, H. Barker,
W.M. Barr, A.C. Bastable, L.A. Batten, D. Batty, P.
Batty, C. Beardall, J. Bell, Prof. D. Bellamy, P.
Belman, D. Beaumont, the late P. Behan, M.
Bellinger, S. Benn, Dr. E.M. Bignal, M. Bignal, R.
Bignal, S. Bignal, M. Bignal, C. Birkenshaw, Dr.
J.D.S. Birks, M. Birtwell, R.J. Bleakley, M.
Bleasedale, K. Blehein, D. Boardman, Bodmin
Moor Bird Observatory, C.J. Booth, T. Bormann,
J. Bowler, H. Boyd, P. Boyer, J. Boyle, members of
various Brathay expeditions to count geese on
Scottish Islands, J. Bratton, S. Breasley, V. Breslin,
M. Brierley, R.A. Broad, G.J. Brock, I. Brockway,
P. Brooks, G. Brown, D. Browne, D.M. Bryant, I.
Bullock, M. Burn, P. Burnham, R.R. Burn, C. & A.
Burton, C. Burton, J. Byrne, D. Cabot, Dr C.J. Cadbury,
W.A. Cadman, A. Campbell, the late B.
Campbell, C. Campbell, N. Campbell, P. Campbell,
W. Campbell, J. Carmichael, B. Carrick, J. Carroll,
T. Carruthers, S. Casey, P. Cashman, K.A.H.
Cassels, G.P. Catley, R. Calvin, Dr P. Chanin, P.
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Charleton, A. Chater and the late Mrs Chater,
D.G.P. Chatfield, J. Claricoates, Dr D. Clarke, J. &
P. Clarke, S. Clinton Davies, R. Cockerill, J. Cole,
M. Cole, D. Coleman, R. Colman, P.N. Collin, A.
Colston, W.M Condry, M. Cooke, R. Coomber, J.
Corbett, G. Corrigan, C. Corse, P. Cosgrove, D.
Cotton, D. Counsell, P.F. Coveney, C. Craik, L.
Cranna, C.M. Crawford, G. Cresswell, K. Croft,
C. Crooke, C. Crowley, W.A.J. Cunningham, A.
Currie, C. Currie, J. Curtis, T. Curtis, P. Dale, T.
Dalyell, A. Davidson, P.C.S. & C. Davies, S.C. Davies,
C. Davis, J. Davis, P.E. Davis, P.J.S. Dawson,
T. Dawson, T. Dean, P. Dedicoat, S. Delany, R.H.
Denham, R. Dennis, D. Devlin, T.D. Dick, R.C.
Dickson, D. Dinsdale, B. & D. Dix, S. Dix, T. Dix,
Dr & Mrs R.H. Dobson, P. Dolton, E. Doran, T.
Doughty, Dr I.T. Draper, N. Duff, D. Duggan, P.B.
Duncan, the late Rev A.R. & Mrs J. Duncan-Jones,
T. Durkan, Mr and Mrs J. Dye, A. Easterbee, the
late Dr N. Easterbee, the late J. Eggeling, O.
Einarsson, V. Einarsson, N. Elkins, D. Elliot, J.
Elliot, M. Elliott, P. Ellis, European Commission,
A. Evans, D. & D. Evans, F. Evans, G. Evans, I.
Evans, R.J. Evans, K. Fairclough, D. Farrar, M.J.
Feehan, A. Fletcher, V. Fletcher, J. Flynn, P. Foley,
C. Ford, W.D. Foreshaw, A.P. Fowles, A.E.M. Fox,
L. Fox, Dr I.S. Francis, Friends of the Earth,
Friends of the Earth (Scotland), J. Frikke, A.
Gammell, A. Gardarsson, M. Garnett, J. Gatins,
W. Gernander, I. Gibson, D. Gilbert, C. Gladher,
P. Goriup, A.G. Gordon, J.J. Gordon, R. Gordon,
R. Graham, F. Grant, H. Gray, M. Gray, M. Green,
J. Greene, N. & M. Gregory, I. Guldberg, H.
Gunnarsson, P. Gyseman, M.J. Hackett, H.Th.
Hafsteinsson, K. Hague, P.J. Hall, J. Halliday, F.
Hamilton, R. Hamilton, K.J. Hamper, P. Hampson,
E.S. Hansen, B. Haran, N. Harding, E. Hardy, Y.
Harpin, L. Harrington, S. Hassett, G. Hauksson,
R. Hawley, the late C.G. Headlam, S. Heery, J.
Heine, J. Hennigan, I. Hepburn, P. Hersteinsson,
J. Hesp, S. Hession, M. Heubeck, G. Higgins, J.J.
Higgins, W. Higgs, P. Hill, N.E. Hill-Trevor, J.O.
Hilmarsson, B. Hjaltason, D. Hogan, J. Holloway,
Dr P.G. Hopkins, I. Hopkins, J. How, J. Howe, C.
Howie, M.G.B. Hughes, I. Hulbert, D. Hunt, F.
Hunter, P. Hurst, C. Huton, staff at ICBP (now
BirdLife International), C. Imboden, members of
the International Mire Conservation Group, the
staff of the Irish Wildbird Conservancy, D.
Jackson, G. Jackson, M. Jackson, D.C. Jardine, N.
Jarrett, A. Jenkins, Dr A.R. Jennings, D. Jones, E.
Jones, R. Jones, K. Kampp, K. Kane, Z.H.
Karpowicz, A. Kerr, A.J. Kerr, Dr T. Keatinge, B.
Kilroy, I. Kimber, A. King, L. Kinnes, Dr J. Kirk, J.
Kirby, A. Knight, K. Knight, E. Knott, Y. Kolbeins,