Birds to See in Scotland in November
171 bird species on our list for Scotland are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Jackdaw and Blackbird. New this month: Iceland Gull, Smew, Ruddy Shelduck and Water Pipit.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Scotland’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 171 birds in November
171 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.55% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.19% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.08% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.92% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.46% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.38% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.94% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.79% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.72% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.44% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerResidentUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.15% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Nov
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.10% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxWinter visitorRare39–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Nov
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorRare68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentRare16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentRare30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% 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