Ducks, Geese & Swans in United Kingdom
Our list for United Kingdom has 47 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 23 residents, 2 summer visitors and 22 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in United Kingdom in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 47, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
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