Birds to See in West Sussex in November
151 bird species on our list for West Sussex are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Magpie and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Goldeneye, Horned Grebe, Long-tailed Duck and Greater White-fronted Goose and 9 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From West Sussex’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 151 birds in November
151 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.83% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.23% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.23% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.85% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.78% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.66% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.61% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.42% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.20% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.07% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.04% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantRare58–77 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 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