Birds to See in Vale of Glamorgan in November
85 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
85 bird species on our list for Vale of Glamorgan are recorded regularly in November. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull and Blackbird. New this month: Gadwall, Common Shelduck, Redshank and Red Kite and 9 more.
New in November13
Residents
(60)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Jan
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Nov
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(15)Present outside the breeding season
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Passage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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