Birds to See in Finland in November
119 bird species on our list for Finland are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Hooded Crow, Magpie and Blackbird. New this month: Dipper.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovAt their peak
From Finland’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 119 birds in November
119 birds
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 7.13% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 6.21% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.54% in Nov
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.52% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.03% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.81% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.79% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
SmewMergellus albellusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.49% in Nov
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.45% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.32% in Nov
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.31% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.28% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.24% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.23% in Nov
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.15% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.10% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantCommon68–88 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorUncommon60–87 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusSummer visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–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