Ducks, Geese & Swans in Stockton-on-Tees
Our list for Stockton-on-Tees has 26 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 5 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Stockton-on-Tees in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 26, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusScarceUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug
Brent GooseBranta berniclaScarceUncommon55–66 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Garganey 37–41 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Pochard 42–49 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Greater Scaup 39–56 cm
- Long-tailed Duck 37–60 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Red-breasted Merganser 52–58 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Brent Goose 55–66 cm
- Eider 50–71 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
- Greater White-fronted Goose 64–81 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