Ducks, Geese & Swans in Glasgow
Our list for Glasgow has 15 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 2 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Glasgow in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Smew 38–44 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Pochard 42–49 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 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