Ducks, Geese & Swans in South Lanarkshire
Our list for South Lanarkshire has 15 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 2 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Lanarkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaScarceUncommon58–67 cm
PochardAythya ferinaScarceUncommon42–49 cm
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
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 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