Birds to See in Falkirk in November
86 bird species on our list for Falkirk are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Blackbird, European Robin, Magpie and Woodpigeon. New this month: Goldeneye, Gadwall, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Great Spotted Woodpecker and 4 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Falkirk’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 86 birds in November
86 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.56% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.19% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.15% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 1.77% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.68% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.68% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.56% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.40% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 1.27% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.94% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.90% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.86% in Nov
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorCommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.78% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.78% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.70% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.70% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.70% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.66% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.66% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.66% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.62% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.62% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.62% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.53% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.53% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.49% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.49% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.45% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.41% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon27–28 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.41% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.37% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.37% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.33% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.33% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.29% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.29% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.29% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.29% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov · 0.25% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.25% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.25% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.25% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.25% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.21% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.16% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov · 0.16% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.12% 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