Birds to See in Argyll and Bute in November
115 bird species on our list for Argyll and Bute are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Mallard, Eurasian Oystercatcher and European Robin. New this month: Eurasian Woodcock, Grey Plover and Snow Bunting.
On the move in November
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At their peak
From Argyll and Bute’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 115 birds in November
115 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.95% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.66% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.61% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.28% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.26% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.24% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.15% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.94% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.82% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentCommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.61% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.57% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.47% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxWinter visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.40% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.37% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.32% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.27% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.24% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.24% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.24% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.24% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.21% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.21% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.19% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.19% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.18% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.06% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% 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