Ducks, Geese & Swans in Highland
Our list for Highland has 32 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 12 residents, 3 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Highland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 32, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensScarceUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
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