Birds to See in Gloucestershire in November
137 bird species on our list for Gloucestershire are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Magpie and Blue Tit. New this month: Tundra Swan, Greater Scaup, Whooper Swan and Little Gull and 6 more.
On the move in November
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At their peak
From Gloucestershire’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 137 birds in November
137 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.89% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.66% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.36% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.91% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.74% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.74% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.74% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.53% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.53% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.46% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.42% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.35% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.26% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.25% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.18% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.08% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentRare43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Nov
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisScarceRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Nov
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorRare52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 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