Birds to See in Belgium in November
180 bird species on our list for Belgium are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Blackbird and Chaffinch. New this month: Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Common Loon and Smew and 10 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Belgium’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 180 birds in November
180 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.00% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.19% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.74% in Nov
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.68% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.56% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.55% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.51% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.33% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.14% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.14% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.13% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.12% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.12% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.11% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.11% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.06% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxResidentUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantRare65–80 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusScarceRare16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisScarceRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantRare50–58 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorRare53–57 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
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