Ducks, Geese & Swans in West Lothian
Our list for West Lothian has 15 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in West Lothian 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
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaScarceCommon50–71 cm
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaScarceUncommon58–67 cm
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar
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
- Red-breasted Merganser 52–58 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Eider 50–71 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 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
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