Ducks, Geese & Swans in Perthshire and Kinross
Our list for Perthshire and Kinross has 23 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 2 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Perthshire and Kinross in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 23, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Mar–May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaScarceUncommon63–73 cm
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsScarceRare64–81 cm
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaScarceRare58–70 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Mandarin Duck 41–49 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Pochard 42–49 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Greater Scaup 39–56 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Red-breasted Merganser 52–58 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Barnacle Goose 58–70 cm
- Ruddy Shelduck 58–70 cm
- Pink-footed Goose 60–75 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Egyptian Goose 63–73 cm
- Greater White-fronted Goose 64–81 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