Common Birds in Norfolk
Our list for Norfolk has 103 common birds recorded regularly there: 71 residents, 19 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Norfolk in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 103, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
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