Birds to See in Dumfries and Galloway in November
112 bird species on our list for Dumfries and Galloway are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Blackbird, European Robin, Jackdaw and Chaffinch. New this month: Horned Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, Eurasian Woodcock and Grey Plover and 1 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Dumfries and Galloway’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 112 birds in November
112 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.89% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.78% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.76% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.46% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.22% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.03% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.97% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.97% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.73% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.73% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.71% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.51% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.49% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.41% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.39% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.36% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.34% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.30% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.30% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.30% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Nov
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.26% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.24% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.19% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.17% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.11% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.11% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.11% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.09% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.09% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.09% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% 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