Ducks, Geese & Swans in Dundee
Our list for Dundee has 12 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 2 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Dundee in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaScarceCommon58–67 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaScarceUncommon40–51 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Red-breasted Merganser 52–58 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Eider 50–71 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Pink-footed Goose 60–75 cm
- Greylag Goose 75–90 cm
- Mute Swan 140–160 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