Ducks, Geese & Swans in Ceredigion
Our list for Ceredigion has 22 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 1 summer visitor, 5 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ceredigion in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 22, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaScarceUncommon50–71 cm
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
Brent GooseBranta berniclaScarceUncommon55–66 cm
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsScarceUncommon64–81 cm
PochardAythya ferinaScarceUncommon42–49 cm
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataScarceRare41–49 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
- Common Scoter 43–54 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Red-breasted Merganser 52–58 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Eider 50–71 cm
- Brent Goose 55–66 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Barnacle Goose 58–70 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 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