Birds to See in Carmarthenshire in November
90 bird species on our list for Carmarthenshire are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Blue Tit and Magpie. New this month: Dunlin, Common Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser and Northern Pintail and 9 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Carmarthenshire’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 90 birds in November
90 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.85% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.23% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.97% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.85% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.77% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.22% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.69% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.67% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.58% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.55% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.49% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.49% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.43% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.43% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.43% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.32% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.29% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.26% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentCommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.26% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.23% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.20% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.17% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.14% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosScarceUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov · 0.14% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.14% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.14% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.14% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Nov · 0.09% 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