Birds to See in Netherlands in November
195 bird species on our list for Netherlands are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Robin, Blackbird, Mallard and Great Tit. New this month: Smew, Common Loon, Bohemian Waxwing and Fulmar and 2 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Netherlands’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 195 birds in November
195 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.70% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.16% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.14% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.05% in Nov
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.61% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.58% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.39% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.38% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.34% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.29% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.20% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.19% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.12% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.10% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.10% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Nov
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorRare66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorRare65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorRare58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentRare120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantRare17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantRare50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentRare35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentRare58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantRare45–50 cmRegularly Apr–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