Ducks, Geese & Swans in Netherlands
Our list for Netherlands has 45 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 2 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Netherlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 45, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
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