Birds to See in Edinburgh in November
105 bird species on our list for Edinburgh are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Woodpigeon and Blackbird. New this month: Bohemian Waxwing, Gadwall, Eurasian Woodcock and Golden Plover and 1 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Edinburgh’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 105 birds in November
105 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.79% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.77% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.40% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.38% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.15% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.01% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.91% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.67% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.98% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.61% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.47% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.36% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.32% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.29% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.24% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.13% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.13% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.10% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.10% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaWinter visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.04% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% 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