Ducks, Geese & Swans in Worcestershire
Our list for Worcestershire has 23 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 1 summer visitor, 7 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Worcestershire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 23, 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
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisScarceUncommon58–70 cm
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaScarceRare53–57 cm
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantRare140–165 cmRegularly Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraScarceRare43–54 cm
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaScarceRare58–70 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
- Common Scoter 43–54 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
- Barnacle Goose 58–70 cm
- Ruddy Shelduck 58–70 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Pink-footed Goose 60–75 cm
- Egyptian Goose 63–73 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