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
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 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