Ducks, Geese & Swans in Denmark
Our list for Denmark has 41 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 2 summer visitors, 16 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Denmark in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 41, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made