Ducks, Geese & Swans in Lancashire
Our list for Lancashire has 36 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 17 residents, 1 summer visitor, 12 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Lancashire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 36, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov
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