Birds to See in Estonia in November
70 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
70 bird species on our list for Estonia are recorded regularly in November. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Blue Tit, European Herring Gull and Mallard.
New in November
No new arrivals this month.
Leaving after last month64
- Pied Wagtail
- Barn Swallow
- Eurasian Skylark
- Common Crane
- Chiffchaff
- Woodpigeon
- European Robin
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Song Thrush
- Dunlin
- Greylag Goose
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Meadow Pipit
- Great Crested Grebe
- Common Snipe
- Ringed Plover
- Reed Bunting
- Grey Plover
- Brent Goose
- Wheatear
- Greenshank
- Linnet
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Hen Harrier
- Northern Pintail
- Ruff
- Eurasian Wren
- Kestrel
- Golden Plover
- Northern Shoveler
- Brambling
- Tundra Bean Goose
- Coot
- Eider
- Little Gull
- Mistle Thrush
- Dunnock
- Redwing
- Tundra Swan
- Black Guillemot
- Common Redstart
- Peregrine Falcon
- Black Redstart
- Stock Dove
- Purple Sandpiper
- Woodlark
- Merlin
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Red-necked Grebe
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Black Grouse
- Pochard
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Western Capercaillie
- Tawny Owl
- Jack Snipe
- Sanderling
- Bearded Tit
- Twite
- Serin
- Rock Pipit
- Kittiwake
- Parrot Crossbill
- Red-breasted Goose
Residents
(25)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(16)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Sep–May
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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