Ducks, Geese & Swans in Flintshire
Our list for Flintshire has 20 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 4 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Flintshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 20, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly May–Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly May–Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaScarceUncommon58–70 cm
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisScarceUncommon37–60 cm
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataScarceUncommon41–49 cm
GarganeySpatula querquedulaScarceUncommon37–41 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Garganey 37–41 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Mandarin Duck 41–49 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Long-tailed Duck 37–60 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Brent Goose 55–66 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Ruddy Shelduck 58–70 cm
- Pink-footed Goose 60–75 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Egyptian Goose 63–73 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