Birds to See in Eilean Siar in November
97 bird species on our list for Eilean Siar are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Common Starling, Great Black-backed Gull and Greylag Goose. New this month: Iceland Gull, Rook and Greater Scaup.
On the move in November
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At their peak
From Eilean Siar’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 97 birds in November
97 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.58% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.18% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.07% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.59% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.55% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.48% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.18% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.18% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.07% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.07% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.92% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.85% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.81% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.81% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.78% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.78% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.70% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.70% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.63% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.63% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.63% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.63% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.63% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.59% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.59% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.55% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.55% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.52% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.52% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.48% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentCommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.44% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.44% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.44% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.41% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.37% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.37% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.37% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.37% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.37% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov · 0.33% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.33% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.30% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.30% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.30% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.30% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.26% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.22% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.22% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.22% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.22% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentCommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.22% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.22% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.22% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.18% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.15% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentUncommonRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.15% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentUncommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.15% 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