Birds to See in Latvia in November
102 bird species on our list for Latvia are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Magpie, Common Raven and Blue Tit. New this month: Sanderling, Dipper, Canada Goose and Twite.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Whooper SwanBusiest month of the year · All year
Bohemian WaxwingBusiest month of the year · Oct–Mar
Long-tailed DuckBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
Common RedpollBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
Great Black-backed GullBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Snow BuntingBusiest month of the year · Oct–Mar
From Latvia’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 102 birds in November
102 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 7.07% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 6.43% in Nov
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 3.44% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Nov
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.03% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.92% in Nov
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.87% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.83% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.59% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.48% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.47% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.42% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.41% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.36% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.36% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.31% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.26% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Nov
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.16% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.16% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.14% in Nov
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% 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