Birds to See in Scottish Borders in November
98 bird species on our list for Scottish Borders are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Robin, Blackbird, Jackdaw and Blue Tit. New this month: Fulmar, Goldeneye, Tawny Owl and Little Auk and 9 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Scottish Borders’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 98 birds in November
98 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.10% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.47% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.07% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.99% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.95% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.87% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.79% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.75% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.71% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.67% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.67% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.63% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.63% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.59% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.59% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.51% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.51% in Nov
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantCommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov · 0.51% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.51% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.48% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.44% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.44% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.44% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.44% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.44% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerResidentUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov · 0.40% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.40% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.40% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.40% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.36% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.36% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.36% in Nov
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.32% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.32% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisScarceUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov · 0.32% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.28% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.28% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.28% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.24% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov · 0.24% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.20% in Nov
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.20% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.20% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.16% in Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.16% 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