Ducks, Geese & Swans in North Lanarkshire
Our list for North Lanarkshire has 13 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 5 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in North Lanarkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusScarceCommon60–75 cm
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusScarceUncommon140–165 cm
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Pochard 42–49 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 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