Ducks, Geese & Swans in West Yorkshire
Our list for West Yorkshire has 28 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 13 residents, 2 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in West Yorkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 28, most common first
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jul–May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentRare53–57 cmRegularly May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorScarceRare52–58 cm
Black SwanCygnus atratusScarceRare110–142 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Garganey 37–41 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Mandarin Duck 41–49 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Pochard 42–49 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Greater Scaup 39–56 cm
- Common Scoter 43–54 cm
- Long-tailed Duck 37–60 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Red-crested Pochard 53–57 cm
- Red-breasted Merganser 52–58 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
- Pink-footed Goose 60–75 cm
- Egyptian Goose 63–73 cm
- Greater White-fronted Goose 64–81 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