Ducks, Geese & Swans in Cornwall
Our list for Cornwall has 31 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 15 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cornwall in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 31, most common first
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 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