The New Forest & Hampshire County Show is delighted to announce that visitors to the Show this year will be entertained by an amazing aerial display. Christian Moullec, from France, in his microlight plane will lead a flock of wild geese in formation over the showground, circling around providing a sight that has to be seen to be believed..

They will fly over from France for the Show; settle near-by until their performances twice a day over the showground. Anyone who has had the privilege of seeing him perform with his geese, will know that when he flies over, everyone stops whatever they are doing and gazes totally transfixed, up at the sky watching with delight, providing a completely unique experience. It seems unbelievable that a flock of geese would choose to fly in formation beside Christian's microlight plane, following him around the sky - watch and believe!.

The origin of the idea came from a conservation project to save a species of wild goose, the lesser white-fronted goose, which is on the brink of becoming extinct. Christian started training the barnacle geese, using his microlight plane, with the aim of gaining experience of migrating with an endangered species of wild goose. The endangered geese used to breed in large numbers in Lapland but the pressure of hunting has left this area with only about ten pairs. The aim is to use a group of four or five microlights followed by about 150 young geese bred artificially in Europe and take them to Lapland in the Spring. Here they stay until early winter, returning unaided to the more favourable wintering areas in Holland where the laws for environmental protection are respected, as geese always return to their birth place to breed.

This phenomenon was so unique that Christian was persuaded to show off this innovation in selective venues in Europe, earning money to enable him to continue his conservation work. This is definitely a spectacle not to be missed!