Ducks, Geese & Swans in West Midlands
Our list for West Midlands has 21 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 1 summer visitor, 6 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in West Midlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, 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
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraScarceUncommon43–54 cm
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantRare59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–May
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusScarceRare68–78 cm
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusScarceRare140–165 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Garganey 37–41 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Mandarin Duck 41–49 cm
- Pochard 42–49 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Common Scoter 43–54 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Barnacle Goose 58–70 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Bar-headed Goose 68–78 cm
- Muscovy Duck 66–84 cm
- Greylag Goose 75–90 cm
- Canada Goose 76–110 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