Birds to See in Wiltshire in November
103 bird species on our list for Wiltshire are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, European Robin, Chaffinch and European Goldfinch. New this month: Common Shelduck, Curlew, Goldeneye and Mandarin Duck and 2 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Wiltshire’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 103 birds in November
103 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.81% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.29% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.88% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.83% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.34% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.72% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.37% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.29% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.06% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.06% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.05% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–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