Birds to See in Norfolk in July
168 bird species on our list for Norfolk are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, European Goldfinch, Blackbird and Common Swift. New this month: Golden Plover, Arctic Jaeger, Pectoral Sandpiper and White-rumped Sandpiper and 3 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Common TernBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillBusiest month of the year · Feb–Nov
Mediterranean GullBusiest month of the year · All year
Little Ringed PloverBusiest month of the year · Mar–Sep
Sand MartinBusiest month of the year · Mar–Sep
Little TernBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
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.
Other months
All 168 birds in July
168 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 2.02% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.77% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul- Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.14% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.05% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.03% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.95% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.85% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.83% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.83% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.77% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul- Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.53% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul- Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.50% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.48% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul- Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.31% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.10% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.07% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentRare23–27 cmRegularly Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.02% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorRare54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
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