Birds to See in Fife in November
134 bird species on our list for Fife are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Black-headed Gull and Woodpigeon. New this month: Fulmar, Red-necked Grebe, Bohemian Waxwing and Red-legged Partridge and 3 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Fife’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 134 birds in November
134 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.52% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.42% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.31% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.23% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.07% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.88% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.70% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.54% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.47% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.45% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Nov
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.33% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.25% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.23% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.22% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov · 0.16% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.08% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.07% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.07% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.03% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% 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