Ducks, Geese & Swans in Midlothian
Our list for Midlothian has 14 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 5 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Midlothian in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly May–Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
GadwallMareca streperaScarceUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Barnacle Goose 58–70 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