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
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 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