Ducks, Geese & Swans in Wiltshire
Our list for Wiltshire has 21 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 2 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Wiltshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusScarceRare140–165 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
- Pochard 42–49 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 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
- Ruddy Shelduck 58–70 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Egyptian Goose 63–73 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