Birds to See in Aberdeenshire in November
110 bird species on our list for Aberdeenshire are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon and Jackdaw. New this month: Atlantic Puffin, Grey Partridge and Eurasian Woodcock.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Aberdeenshire’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 110 birds in November
110 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.30% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.45% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.24% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.62% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.48% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.46% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.46% in Nov
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.37% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.35% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.35% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.30% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.30% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.30% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.30% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.28% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.25% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.23% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.21% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.21% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.18% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.18% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.16% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.14% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.14% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.14% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.09% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–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