Ducks, Geese & Swans in East Lothian
Our list for East Lothian has 30 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 13 residents, 9 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in East Lothian in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 30, most common first
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Aug
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensScarceRare69–84 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
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Pochard 42–49 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Greater Scaup 39–56 cm
- Long-tailed Duck 37–60 cm
- Common Scoter 43–54 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Surf Scoter 48–60 cm
- Velvet Scoter 51–58 cm
- Red-breasted Merganser 52–58 cm
- King Eider 46–64 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Eider 50–71 cm
- Brent Goose 55–66 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Barnacle Goose 58–70 cm
- Pink-footed Goose 60–75 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Greater White-fronted Goose 64–81 cm
- Snow Goose 69–84 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