Ducks, Geese & Swans in Stirling
Our list for Stirling has 15 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 summer visitor, 5 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Stirling in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisScarceUncommon58–70 cm
PochardAythya ferinaScarceUncommon42–49 cm
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataScarceUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jun
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
- Red-breasted Merganser 52–58 cm
- Mallard 50–65 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