Birds Found in and around Great Yarmouth in Norfolk

There are over 342 species of birds found within a five mile radius of Great Yarmouth. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Birds found in Great Yarmouth


(Anas crecca subsp. crecca)
(Ardea alba subsp. alba)
(Gallinago gallinago subsp. gallinago)
(Milvus milvus subsp. milvus)
American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides)
Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Bee-Eater (Merops apiaster)
Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus subsp. intermedius)
Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
Booted Warbler (Iduna caligata)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Broad-Billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus)
Buff-Breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Canary (Serinus canaria)
Carolina Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Carrion/Hooded Crow Hybrid (Corvus corone x cornix)
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dark-breasted Barn Owl (Tyto alba subsp. guttata)
Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Falcated Teal (Anas falcata)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Grey-Headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. thunbergi)
Gull-Billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix subsp. cornix)
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Hume's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Indian Tree Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lanner (Falco biarmicus)
Leach's Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea subsp. flammea)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Peach-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
Red-Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Red-Footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
Red-Necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi)
Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Ross's Goose (Anser rossii)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Scarlet Rosefinch (Erythrina erythrina)
Scaup X Tufted Duck Hybrid (Aythya marila x fuligula)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
White-Rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
White-Winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodlark (Lullula arborea)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima)
Yellow-Breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
(Circus cyaneus subsp. cyaneus)
(Larus michahellis subsp. michahellis)
(Regulus regulus subsp. regulus)
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)
Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus subsp. bewickii)
Black Brant (Branta bernicla subsp. nigricans)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Black-Winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Blue-Headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flava)
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
British Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus subsp. graellsii)
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Cape/South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Coal Tit (Periparus ater subsp. ater)
Continental Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus subsp. europaeus)
Continental Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella subsp. citrinella)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Crane (Grus grus)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
Helmeted Guinea-Fowl (Numida meleagris)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides subsp. glaucoides)
Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Long-Tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Red-Breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-Flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Ring-Necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Rose-Coloured Starling (Pastor roseus)
Rough-Legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
Saker (Falco cherrug)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Scandinavian Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus subsp. littoralis)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. fabalis)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Tundra Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. rossicus)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Tit (Poecile montana)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)