Ducks, Geese & Swans in East Dunbartonshire
Our list for East Dunbartonshire has 14 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 2 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in East Dunbartonshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaScarceCommon40–51 cm
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaScarceCommon59–76 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
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Pink-footed Goose 60–75 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 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