Ducks, Geese & Swans in Kildare
Our list for Kildare has 7 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kildare in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaScarceCommon40–47 cm
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataScarceCommon44–51 cm
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Mute Swan 140–160 cm
- Whooper Swan 140–165 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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