Birds to See in Estonia in November
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.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovAt their peak
From Estonia’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 70 birds in November
70 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.57% in Nov
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 4.88% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 2.22% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.38% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.22% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.16% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.84% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.81% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.75% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.69% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.66% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.59% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.56% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.56% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.56% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.53% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.53% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.44% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.41% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.41% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.28% in Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.19% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% 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