Ducks, Geese & Swans in West Sussex
Our list for West Sussex has 31 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 12 residents, 14 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in West Sussex in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 31, most common first
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Nov–May
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Apr
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiScarceRare53–76 cmRegularly Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusScarceRare68–78 cm
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaScarceRare58–70 cm
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