Ducks, Geese & Swans in Cork
Our list for Cork has 24 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 1 summer visitor, 10 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cork in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 24, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
PochardAythya ferinaScarceUncommon42–49 cm
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisScarceRare58–70 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Garganey 37–41 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Pochard 42–49 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Common Scoter 43–54 cm
- Long-tailed Duck 37–60 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Red-breasted Merganser 52–58 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Brent Goose 55–66 cm
- Eider 50–71 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Barnacle Goose 58–70 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Pink-footed Goose 60–75 cm
- Greylag Goose 75–90 cm
- Canada Goose 76–110 cm
- Black Swan 110–142 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