Birds to See in Antrim in November
110 bird species on our list for Antrim are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Robin, Eurasian Wren, Blackbird and Jackdaw. New this month: Common Shelduck, Goldeneye, Pochard and Great Spotted Woodpecker and 4 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Antrim’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 110 birds in November
110 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.77% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.67% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.16% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.94% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.91% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.84% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.81% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.76% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.65% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.55% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.50% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.48% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.43% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.40% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.38% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.38% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.36% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.31% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.31% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.28% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.27% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.27% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.25% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.25% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.23% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.23% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.18% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.17% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.15% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov · 0.12% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.07% 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