Birds to See in West Lothian in November
57 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
57 bird species on our list for West Lothian are recorded regularly in November. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Robin, European Herring Gull, Mallard and Woodpigeon. New this month: Buzzard, Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting and Eurasian Teal and 11 more.
New in November15
Leaving after last month6
Residents
(38)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year

European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year

European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year

Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year

Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year

Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year

Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year

Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year

Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year

Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year

Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year

Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year

Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year

Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year

Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year

European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year

Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year

Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year

Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year

Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year

Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year

Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Aug–May

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Nov–Sep

Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Jul–Jan

Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year

Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Nov–Sep

Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec

Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Nov

Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Mar–Dec

Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Summer visitors
(10)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul

Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov

Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov

Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Winter visitors
(4)Present outside the breeding seasonPassage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migrationData: 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








