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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in United Kingdom in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 47, most common first
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorRare58–70 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentRare69–84 cmRecorded all year
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRecorded all year
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly May–Mar
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorRare68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorRare35–43 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
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