Rare Birds in Norfolk
Our list for Norfolk has 45 rare birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 4 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 26 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Norfolk in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 45, most common first
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentRare23–27 cmRegularly Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantRare30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantRare68–88 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jul
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantRare66–94 cmRegularly Aug–May
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–May
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