Birds to See in Sligo in November
18 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
18 bird species on our list for Sligo are recorded regularly in November. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Oystercatcher, Common Loon, European Robin, Brent Goose and Great Cormorant. New this month: Common Loon, Mallard, Barnacle Goose and Eurasian Teal and 6 more.
New in November10
Leaving after last month42
- European Herring Gull
- Blackbird
- Hooded Crow
- Eurasian Wren
- Pied Wagtail
- Rook
- Curlew
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Jackdaw
- Black-headed Gull
- Redshank
- Common Gull
- Grey Heron
- Common Starling
- Chaffinch
- Linnet
- Song Thrush
- Meadow Pipit
- Mute Swan
- Rock Pipit
- Blue Tit
- Greenshank
- House Sparrow
- Dunnock
- European Goldfinch
- Great Tit
- Goldcrest
- Ringed Plover
- Mistle Thrush
- Whooper Swan
- Common Raven
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Coal Tit
- Kestrel
- Sanderling
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Reed Bunting
- Buzzard
- Dunlin
- Eurasian Jay
- Treecreeper
- Common Snipe
Residents
(6)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly May–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly May–Mar
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Winter visitors
(3)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jun–Mar
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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