Birds to See in South Ayrshire in November
99 bird species on our list for South Ayrshire are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Jackdaw, Rook, European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow and European Robin. New this month: Whooper Swan, Goldeneye, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Long-tailed Duck and 6 more.
On the move in November
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At their peak
From South Ayrshire’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 99 birds in November
99 birds
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 8.76% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 8.49% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 8.33% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 6.86% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 6.16% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.09% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.67% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.03% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 2.66% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 2.22% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.74% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.86% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.82% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.74% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.68% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.56% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.26% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.17% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.17% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.11% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.10% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.04% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentRare43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentRare16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantRare24–33 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% 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