Birds to See in Denmark in November
164 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in November5
Leaving after last month26
- Barn Swallow
- Pied Wagtail
- Common Tern
- Ringed Plover
- Greenshank
- Sandwich Tern
- Wheatear
- Tree Pipit
- Ruff
- Arctic Tern
- Spotted Flycatcher
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Osprey
- Ring Ouzel
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Little Stint
- Arctic Jaeger
- Taiga Bean Goose
- Mediterranean Gull
- Serin
- Willow Tit
- Red-flanked Bluetail
- Pallid Swift
- King Eider
- European Shag
- Pomarine Jaeger
Residents
(84)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(26)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Recorded all year
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Recorded all year
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Apr–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Winter visitors
(43)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Recorded all year
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Sep–May
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Little Auk
Alle alleLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicariusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Aug–Dec
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Nov
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly Sep–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