Birds to See in Shetland Islands in November
101 bird species on our list for Shetland Islands are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, Blackbird, Redwing, European Herring Gull and European Robin. New this month: Iceland Gull, Common Shelduck and Little Grebe.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Shetland Islands’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 101 birds in November
101 birds
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.12% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.87% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 3.84% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 3.14% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.97% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.59% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.18% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.14% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.06% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.94% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.88% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.82% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.76% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.71% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.65% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.61% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.58% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.50% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.46% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.39% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.32% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.31% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.24% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.24% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.24% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.22% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.21% in Nov
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.21% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.20% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.19% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.17% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon27–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.13% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.10% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Nov
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.07% in Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.07% in Nov
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentRare16–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 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