Collective Terms Applied to Waterfowl
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Waterfowl can be subject to many collective terms that have varied over time. Here are a few.
A Company of wigeon - a group of wigeon resting together
A Bunch of wigeon - a close knit group of wigeon
A Coil of wigeon - a group of wigeon apparently flying in a spiral formation
A Raft of wigeon - a term usually used for a group of wigeon floating on tidal water
A Fall of wigeon - a group of wigeon arriving to an area as part of their migration
A Herd of swans
A Gaggle of geese (originally only when grouped on water)
A Skein of geese - when on wing
A Paddling of ducks - typically mallard when on water
A Team of wild ducks - typically, but not exclusively mallard when on the wing
A Sord or suit of mallards
A flight or rush of dunbirds (dunlin)
A Spring of teal
A Dopping of Sheldrakes
A Covert of coots
A Herd of curlews
A Sedge of herons
A Wing or Congregation of plovers
A Desert of lapwings
A Walk of snipe
A Fling of oxbirds (dunlin)
A Hill of ruffs