Birds to See in Galway in November
113 bird species on our list for Galway are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull, European Robin, Black-headed Gull and Rook. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Iceland Gull, Purple Sandpiper and Common Scoter and 4 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Galway’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 113 birds in November
113 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.78% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.36% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.33% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.23% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.06% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.99% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.86% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.63% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.46% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.34% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.25% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.18% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.17% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.14% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.14% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.13% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.11% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.07% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.07% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% 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