LONG-TAILED DUCK
The largest single county of Long-tailed Duck in Greater Manchester remains at 2, a figure which has now been recorded several times.
The longest stayer of all time was a drake at the Wigan Flashes in 1998/1999 which stayed for a total of 141 days
| 1868 | Elton Reservoir | Dec | Adult female shot |
| 1943 | Pennington Flash | 21st Feb | ||
| 1976 | Pennington Flash | 8th-28th Nov | Female/immature | |
| 1977 | Pennington Flash | 15th May | First spring county record | |
| 1978 | Pennington Flash | 17-20th Jul | First summer county occurrence | |
| 1982 | Ashworth Moor Reservoir | 31st Oct-14th Nov | Two female/immature | |
| 1983 | Audenshaw Reservoir | 3rd Dec | An adult drake | |
| 1983 | Hollingworth Lake | 1st-2nd May | Female | |
| 1984 | Audenshaw Reservoir | 2nd Jan-13th May | Immature drake | |
| 1984 | Audenshaw Reservoir | 16 Mar-13May | Female | |
| 1984 | Wigan Flashes | 28th Oct-10th Nov | Immature drake | |
| 1985 | Audenshaw Reservoir | 6th Nov | Immature | |
| 1985 | Audenshaw Reservoir | 17th Nov-23rd Dec | Immature drake | |
| 1988 | Chorlton Water Park | Jan/Feb | A single female made several appearances between January and February | |
| 1989 | Audenshaw Reservoir | 15-19th Nov | An adult drake - it was found dead on the 25th Nov | |
| 1989 | Pennington Flash | 30th Apr | A pair | |
| 1991 | Audenshaw Reservoir | 28th Nov-14th Dec | Two female/immatures present | |
| 1991 | Heaton Park Reservoir. | early Nov-2nd Jan 1992 | Two female/immatures present | |
| 1995 | Whitehead Lodges, Bury | 29th Mar-8th Apr | ||
| 1998 | Wigan Flashes | 2nd Dec-23rd Apr 1999 | preferring Turners Flash but driven onto Scotmans by brief cold spell on 6th Dec | |
| 2002 | Godley Reservoir | 26th Apr-1st May | Drake | |
| 2003 | Wigan Flashes | 8-18th Oct | Female/immature | |
| 2004 | Wigan Flashes | 14th-23rd Oct | Juvenile/1st winter | |
| 2004 | Wigan Flashes | 5th Dec-21st Apr 2005 | Immature drake (a brighter individual) | |
| 2005 | Loonts Lake | 6th & 8th Nov | Adult drake, also visited Chorlton Water Park on 7th Nov | |
| 2005 | Wigan Flashes | 8th Jan- 21st Apr | Immature drake joined overstaying immature drake from 2004 | |
| 2007 | Pennington Flash | 26th Oct | Female/immature | |
| 2007 | High Rid Reservoir | 27th Nov- 13th Jan 2008 | Female/immature | |
| 2008 | Ogden Reservoir | 21st Oct | Female/immature |