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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Denmark in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 41, most common first
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly May–Jun
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataScarceRare48–60 cm
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensScarceRare69–84 cm
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataScarceRare66–84 cm
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