Birds to See in Kent in November
177 bird species on our list for Kent are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon and European Robin. New this month: Tundra Swan, Barnacle Goose, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Glaucous Gull and 4 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Kent’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 177 birds in November
177 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.00% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.97% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.78% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.65% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.47% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.39% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.35% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.35% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.12% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Nov · 0.04% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Nov
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Nov · 0.02% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 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