Ducks, Geese & Swans in Kerry
Our list for Kerry has 16 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 4 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kerry in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 16, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaScarceUncommon40–51 cm
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataScarceUncommon48–60 cm
GadwallMareca streperaScarceUncommon46–56 cm
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataScarceUncommon44–51 cm
EiderSomateria mollissimaScarceUncommon50–71 cm
Greylag GooseAnser anserScarceUncommon75–90 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Common Scoter 43–54 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Surf Scoter 48–60 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
- Greylag Goose 75–90 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