Ducks, Geese & Swans in Monaghan
Our list for Monaghan has 8 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 4 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Fewer birdwatchers' records come from Monaghan than from better-watched areas, so this list is less complete. For a fuller picture, see the list for Ulster.
All 8, most common first
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantCommon42–49 cmRegularly Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–May
GadwallMareca streperaScarceCommon46–56 cm
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaScarceCommon34–38 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Pochard 42–49 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Mallard 50–65 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