Ducks, Geese & Swans in Essex
Our list for Essex has 36 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 1 summer visitor, 11 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Essex in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 36, most common first
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisScarceUncommon53–56 cm
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentRare50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisScarceRare66–84 cm
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantRare140–165 cmRegularly Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaScarceRare47–54 cm
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