Ducks, Geese & Swans in Limerick
Our list for Limerick has 11 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 winter visitor, 6 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Limerick in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly May–Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaScarceCommon58–67 cm
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantCommon42–49 cmRegularly Feb
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov
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