Ducks, Geese & Swans in Roscommon
Our list for Roscommon has 9 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 4 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Roscommon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
GadwallMareca streperaScarceCommon46–56 cm
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataScarceCommon44–51 cm
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–May
Greylag GooseAnser anserScarceCommon75–90 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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