Ducks, Geese & Swans in Vale of Glamorgan
Our list for Vale of Glamorgan has 14 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 7 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Vale of Glamorgan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Tufted Duck 40–47 cm
- Pochard 42–49 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Common Scoter 43–54 cm
- Gadwall 46–56 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Common Shelduck 58–67 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