Ducks, Geese & Swans in Offaly
Our list for Offaly has 9 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 3 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Offaly in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly May–Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataScarceCommon44–51 cm
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
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