Birds to See in Pembrokeshire in November
112 bird species on our list for Pembrokeshire are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Common Starling, Song Thrush and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Great Crested Grebe, Common Shelduck, Red-breasted Merganser and Common Pheasant and 8 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Pembrokeshire’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 112 birds in November
112 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.27% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.99% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.77% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.51% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.40% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.22% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.22% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.13% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.06% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.83% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.76% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.76% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.73% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.68% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.63% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.63% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.63% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.59% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.52% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.51% in Nov
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.51% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.49% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.42% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.42% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.42% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.29% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.29% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.28% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.28% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.23% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.23% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.22% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.19% in Nov
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.19% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.17% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.15% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.15% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.14% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.14% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.14% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov · 0.14% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.14% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.08% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.06% 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