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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Norfolk in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 45, most common first
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorRare54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxScarceRare58–65 cm
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusScarceRare52–60 cmRegularly Aug
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixPassage migrantRare44–51 cmRegularly Mar–May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly May
Black SwanCygnus atratusScarceRare110–142 cm
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRegularly Mar–May
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentRare69–84 cmRegularly Oct
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusScarceRare13–15 cm
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesScarceRare81–94 cm
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictusPassage migrantRare90–105 cmRegularly Jan
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