Birds to See in Donegal in November
79 bird species on our list for Donegal are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Jackdaw, Pied Wagtail, Curlew and European Robin. New this month: Common Loon, Song Thrush, Eurasian Teal and Little Egret and 19 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Donegal’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 79 birds in November
79 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.42% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.56% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.92% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.60% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.47% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.47% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.35% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.28% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.22% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.09% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.96% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.96% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.90% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.90% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.83% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.83% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.77% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.77% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.77% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.70% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.70% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.70% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.64% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.64% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.64% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.64% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.58% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.58% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.58% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.58% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.58% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.51% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.51% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.51% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.51% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.51% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.45% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.45% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.38% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.38% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.38% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.38% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.32% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.32% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.32% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.32% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.32% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.26% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.26% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusPassage migrantCommon13–16 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.26% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.26% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.19% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov · 0.19% 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