Ducks, Geese & Swans in Somerset
Our list for Somerset has 32 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 1 summer visitor, 11 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Somerset in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 32, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May
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