Birds to See in Clare in November
104 bird species on our list for Clare are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, Rook, Curlew, Hooded Crow and European Herring Gull. New this month: Common Shelduck, Greylag Goose, Arctic Loon and Purple Sandpiper and 5 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Clare’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 104 birds in November
104 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 2.39% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.62% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.49% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 1.49% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.49% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.36% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.28% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.06% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.98% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.66% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.61% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.61% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.61% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.58% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.56% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.53% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.48% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.45% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.43% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.43% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.43% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.37% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.32% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.32% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.29% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.29% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.29% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.29% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.24% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantCommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.19% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.19% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.19% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.16% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.13% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.13% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov · 0.08% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.08% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.08% 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