Ducks, Geese & Swans in Staffordshire
Our list for Staffordshire has 29 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 2 summer visitors, 7 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Staffordshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 29, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–May
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Garganey 37–41 cm
- Smew 38–44 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Hooded Merganser 40–49 cm
- Mandarin Duck 41–49 cm
- Pochard 42–49 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Greater Scaup 39–56 cm
- Common Scoter 43–54 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Red-crested Pochard 53–57 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Barnacle Goose 58–70 cm
- Ruddy Shelduck 58–70 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Pink-footed Goose 60–75 cm
- Egyptian Goose 63–73 cm
- Bar-headed Goose 68–78 cm
- Muscovy Duck 66–84 cm
- Greylag Goose 75–90 cm
- Canada Goose 76–110 cm
- Black Swan 110–142 cm
- Mute Swan 140–160 cm
- Whooper Swan 140–165 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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