Ducks, Geese & Swans in Waterford
Our list for Waterford has 10 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 3 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Waterford in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraScarceUncommon43–54 cm
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May
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