Birds to See in Cornwall in November
168 bird species on our list for Cornwall are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon and Blackbird. New this month: Fulmar, Common Merganser, Arctic Loon and Iceland Gull and 11 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Cornwall’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 168 birds in November
168 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.75% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.68% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.78% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.72% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.67% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.65% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.58% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.58% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.55% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.51% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.43% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.39% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.38% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.26% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.26% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.26% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Nov
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaWinter visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.12% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantCommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.06% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantCommon35–40 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorRare42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantRare51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaScarceRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% 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