Birds to See in Denmark in November
164 bird species on our list for Denmark are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Blackbird, Great Tit, Woodpigeon and Blue Tit. New this month: Smew, Eurasian Bittern, Golden Eagle and Cattle Egret and 1 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Denmark’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 164 birds in November
164 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.83% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.18% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.09% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.03% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.68% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.36% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.35% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.35% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.29% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.22% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Nov
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.14% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.10% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.09% in Nov
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.08% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.07% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantRare66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.02% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep–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