Birds to See in Suffolk in November
158 bird species on our list for Suffolk are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull and European Robin. New this month: Common Loon, Tundra Swan, Glossy Ibis and Corn Bunting and 2 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Suffolk’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 158 birds in November
158 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.73% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.70% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.63% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.58% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.30% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.27% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.19% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.09% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.08% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.07% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorCommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.07% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentRare38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.04% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorRare65–80 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentRare16–19 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousScarceRare18–21 cmRegularly Nov · 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