Birds to See in Moray in November
109 bird species on our list for Moray are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Eider, Great Cormorant and Eurasian Oystercatcher. New this month: Corn Bunting, Bohemian Waxwing, Common Raven and Red Grouse and 4 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Long-tailed DuckBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
Red-throated LoonBusiest month of the year · All year
Ruddy TurnstoneBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Common ScoterBusiest month of the year · Sep–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitBusiest month of the year · Aug–Apr
Purple SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
From Moray’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 109 birds in November
109 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Nov- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 2.53% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.81% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Nov- Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Nov
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.72% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Nov- Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.60% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.43% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.43% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.22% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.05% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.88% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.86% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.74% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.64% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.62% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.55% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.45% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.41% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentCommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.41% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.29% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.29% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.26% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.24% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.21% in Nov
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Nov · 0.19% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.17% in Nov
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.17% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.17% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.17% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.14% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.14% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.14% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.12% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
Little AukAlle alleScarceUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.07% 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