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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Highland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 32, most common first
King EiderSomateria spectabilisScarceUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–May
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentRare42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaScarceRare58–70 cm
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataScarceRare48–60 cm
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly May
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct
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