Birds to See in Ireland in November
160 bird species on our list for Ireland are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull, European Robin, Black-headed Gull and Magpie. New this month: Iceland Gull, Eurasian Woodcock, Glaucous Gull and Horned Grebe and 7 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Ireland’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 160 birds in November
160 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.13% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.92% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.89% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.65% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.58% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.54% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.49% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorRare80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.03% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorRare58–77 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiScarceRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentRare35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentRare37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentRare80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantRare69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.00% 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