Birds to See in Derry in November
58 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
58 bird species on our list for Derry are recorded regularly in November. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, House Sparrow, Common Starling, Pied Wagtail and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Mistle Thrush, Dunnock, Eurasian Teal and Eurasian Wigeon and 11 more.
New in November15
Residents
(23)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Jul–Nov
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Dec
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Summer visitors
(20)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Passage migrants
(15)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Nov
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Sep–Nov
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Nov
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly 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