Ducks, Geese & Swans in East Ayrshire
Our list for East Ayrshire has 13 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 summer visitor, 4 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in East Ayrshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jan–May
PochardAythya ferinaScarceCommon42–49 cm
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataScarceCommon44–51 cm
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusScarceCommon60–75 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Pochard 42–49 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Pink-footed Goose 60–75 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