Birds to See in Norfolk in November
180 bird species on our list for Norfolk are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Blackbird, European Robin and European Herring Gull. New this month: Tundra Swan, Tundra Bean Goose, Red-crested Pochard and Glaucous Gull and 1 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Norfolk’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 180 birds in November
180 birds
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.43% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.24% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.90% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.69% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.60% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.58% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.39% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.33% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.30% in Nov
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.26% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.18% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.18% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.17% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.17% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.08% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.08% in Nov
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.08% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.06% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantRare30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantRare66–94 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 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