Birds to See in Lancashire in November
138 bird species on our list for Lancashire are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Blackbird and Blue Tit. New this month: Red Grouse, Long-tailed Duck, Twite and Eurasian Woodcock and 5 more.
On the move in November
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At their peak
From Lancashire’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 138 birds in November
138 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.12% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.44% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.27% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.26% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.95% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.68% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.41% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.07% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentRare38–43 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 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