Birds to See in Cork in November
113 bird species on our list for Cork are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, Curlew, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Grey Heron. New this month: Goldeneye, Long-tailed Duck, Glossy Ibis and Eurasian Woodcock and 1 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Little GrebeBusiest month of the year · All year
Northern LapwingBusiest month of the year · Jun–Feb
Great Crested GrebeBusiest month of the year · All year
Red-breasted MerganserBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Whooper SwanBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Hen HarrierBusiest month of the year · Mar
From Cork’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
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 4.09% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.71% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 2.15% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 2.00% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Nov- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.43% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.40% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 1.34% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.96% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.86% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.75% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.68% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.50% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.48% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.36% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Nov- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.23% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.20% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.17% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Nov- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.03% 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