Birds to See in Bridgend in November
82 bird species on our list for Bridgend are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Blackbird, Black-headed Gull and European Robin. New this month: Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Dunlin and Purple Sandpiper and 9 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Bridgend’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 82 birds in November
82 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 2.99% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.21% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 2.08% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.62% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.56% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.43% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.36% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.30% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.23% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.17% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.10% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.10% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.04% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.04% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.97% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.91% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.84% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.84% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.84% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.84% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.78% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.78% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.71% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.65% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.65% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.65% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.65% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.65% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.65% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.65% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.58% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.58% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.58% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.52% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.52% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantCommon39–43 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.52% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.52% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.52% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.52% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.45% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.45% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.45% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov · 0.45% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.39% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.39% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.32% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.32% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.26% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.26% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.26% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.19% 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