Ducks, Geese & Swans in Wales
Our list for Wales has 35 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 14 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Wales in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 35, most common first
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaScarceRare58–70 cm
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentRare69–84 cmRegularly Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRegularly Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataScarceRare66–84 cm
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