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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Staffordshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 29, most common first
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentRare58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaScarceRare58–70 cm
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRegularly Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentRare43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaScarceRare53–57 cm
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