Birds to See in Norfolk in August
183 bird species on our list for Norfolk are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, European Goldfinch and Barn Swallow. New this month: Red-throated Loon, Northern Pintail, Wheatear and European Pied Flycatcher and 19 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Norfolk’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 183 birds in August
183 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.02% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.16% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.97% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.86% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.81% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.72% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.72% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.68% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.58% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.57% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.54% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.46% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.29% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.27% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.18% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.12% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.12% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.11% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.08% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.06% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.06% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorRare54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantRare30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.01% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusScarceRare52–60 cmRegularly Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantRare66–94 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Aug
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
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