Birds to See in Northern Ireland in November
121 bird species on our list for Northern Ireland are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Hooded Crow, Magpie, Blackbird and Common Starling. New this month: Goldeneye, Horned Grebe, Common Merganser and Iceland Gull and 1 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Northern Ireland’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 121 birds in November
121 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.57% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.00% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.70% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.68% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.68% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.45% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.25% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.19% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.14% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.13% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.09% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.06% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% 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