Birds to See in Shropshire in November
104 bird species on our list for Shropshire are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, European Robin, Blackbird and Blue Tit. New this month: Common Shelduck, Pochard, Goldeneye and Mandarin Duck and 6 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Shropshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 104 birds in November
104 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.71% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.46% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.86% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.69% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.68% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.56% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.31% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.28% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.23% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.19% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.14% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.10% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.06% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.04% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.04% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% 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