Birds to See in Kerry in November
91 bird species on our list for Kerry are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Rook, European Robin, Pied Wagtail and Jackdaw. New this month: Eurasian Woodcock, Redwing, Common Shelduck and Red Knot and 6 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Kerry’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 91 birds in November
91 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.26% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.61% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.48% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.35% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.35% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.26% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.22% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.17% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 1.17% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 1.13% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.09% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.09% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.04% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.96% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.96% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.96% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.83% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.83% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.78% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.74% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.74% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.70% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.70% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.61% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.61% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.61% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.57% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.52% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.52% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.52% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.52% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.48% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.48% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.43% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.43% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.43% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.43% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.39% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.39% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.39% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.35% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.35% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.35% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.35% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.30% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaScarceUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Nov · 0.26% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.26% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.26% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.22% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.17% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.17% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.17% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov · 0.13% 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