Ducks, Geese & Swans in Neath Port Talbot
Our list for Neath Port Talbot has 9 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 4 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Neath Port Talbot in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantCommon42–49 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantCommon58–68 cmRegularly Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentCommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Mandarin Duck 41–49 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Pochard 42–49 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 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