Ducks, Geese & Swans in Moray
Our list for Moray has 28 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 10 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Moray in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 28, most common first
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataScarceUncommon48–60 cm
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Garganey 37–41 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
- 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
- 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
- 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