Birds to See in Staffordshire in November
120 bird species on our list for Staffordshire are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Magpie and Blackbird. New this month: Red Kite, Eurasian Woodcock, Black Swan and European Shag and 7 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Staffordshire’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 120 birds in November
120 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.43% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.95% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.22% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.80% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.72% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.72% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.38% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.35% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.22% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.13% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.12% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.09% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisScarceUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorScarceRare22–26 cmRegularly Nov · 0.04% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Nov
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentRare43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentRare58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 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