October Norfolk Birding sightings
The following is an overview of the birds recorded whilst guiding and birding in Norfolk during October.
Birds seen whilst birding without are marked with an asterisk*! Dates is either first date recorded, or the date with the largest count. The more unusual species and larger counts are in bold.
Guiding on:- October 11th, 12-16th 5 day tour, 22nd & 28th-30th 3 day tour
| 1 | Greylag Goose | 1 | Seen on all trips | 04-Oct-23 |
| 2 | Pink-footed Goose | 5000 | Steady increase, seen daily, roost at Snettisham high tide day of c5000 | 04-Oct-23 |
| 3 | Dark-bellied Brent Goose | 400 | Seen daily with flocks of 300+ at many locations. | 06-Oct-23 |
| 4 | Barnacle Goose | 25 | Feral flocks Frampton Marsh RSPB Reserve & seen at Wells North Point | 13-Oct-23 |
| 5 | Canada Goose | 20 | Regular around Cley | 06-Oct-23 |
| 6 | Mute Swan | 5 | Seen daily | 04-Oct-23 |
| 7 | Whooper Swan | 2 | North Point Wells-next-sea. Also 2 migrating groups seen of 4 & 16. | 04-Oct-23 |
| 8 | Egyptian Goose | 12 | Regularly along coast | 04-Oct-23 |
| 9 | Common Shelduck | 20 | Seen on all tours | 08-Oct-23 |
| 10 | Northern Shoveler | 20 | Seen on all tours | 04-Oct-23 |
| 11 | Gadwall | 250 | Seen on all tours | 04-Oct-23 |
| 12 | Eurasian Wigeon | 200 | Seen on all tours | 04-Oct-23 |
| 13 | Mallard | 12 | Seen on all tours | 04-Oct-23 |
| 14 | Northern Pintail | 30 | Seen regualrly biggest groups Stiffkey Fen & Snettisham | 04-Oct-23 |
| 15 | Eurasian Teal | 100 | Large numbers now arrived, seen on all tours | 04-Oct-23 |
| 16 | Tufted Duck | 6 | Holme & Titchwell | 13-Oct-23 |
| 17 | Common Eider | 7 | Occasionally seen offshore | 08-Oct-23 |
| 18 | Velvet Scoter | 1 | seen irregualrly from mid Oct, 1 ♀regularly off Holme. | 06-Oct-23 |
| 19 | Common Scoter | 2000 | Up to 2000 off Holme & Titchwell coast | 06-Oct-23 |
| 20 | Long-tailed Duck | 1 | Salthouse | 30-Oct-23 |
| 21 | Common Goldeneye | 2 | Blakeney NNR | 08-Oct-23 |
| 22 | Red-breasted Merganser | 5 | Cley & Salthouse Marshes | 12-Oct-23 |
| 23 | Common Pheasant | 10 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 24 | Red-legged Partridge | 12 | Frampton Marsh RSPB | 13-Oct-23 |
| 25 | Little Grebe | 2 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 26 | Red-necked Grebe | 1 | Blakeney NNR | 21-Oct-23 |
| 27 | Great Crested Grebe | 12 | Holme on sea, also seen Titchwell offshore | 06-Oct-23 |
| 28 | Feral Pigeon | 1 | Seen on all tours | 06-Oct-23 |
| 29 | Stock Dove | Seen regularly | 03-Oct-23 | |
| 30 | Common Woodpigeon | Numerous | 03-Oct-23 | |
| 31 | Collared Dove | 1 | Seen daily | 06-Oct-23 |
| 32 | Common Swift | 1 | Holme NWT – single late bird | 06-Oct-23 |
| 33 | Water Rail | 1 | Cley & Salthouse Marshes showing. Heard regularly elsewhere | 12-Oct-23 |
| 34 | Common Moorhen | 2 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 35 | Eurasian Coot | 10 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 36 | Common Crane | 5 | Flew west over Cockley Cley | 14-Oct-23 |
| 37 | Pied Avocet | 6 | Cley & Salthouse Marshes | 12-Oct-23 |
| 38 | Eurasian Oystercatcher | 200 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 39 | Grey Plover | 100 | Snettisham RSPB on hihg tide | 08-Oct-23 |
| 40 | European Golden Plover | 500 | North Point, Wells-next-the-Sea | 04-Oct-23 |
| 41 | Common Ringed Plover | 4 | Seen regualrly in small numbers | 08-Oct-23 |
| 42 | Northern Lapwing | 30 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 43 | Whimbrel | 3 | Late birds out on Blakeney harbour area | 08-Oct-23 |
| 44 | Eurasian Curlew | 200 | Seen regualrly up to 200 at Snettisham on High tides | 06-Oct-23 |
| 45 | Bar-tailed Godwit | 2000 | Seen regualrly up to 2000 at Snettisham on High tides | 12-Oct-23 |
| 46 | Black-tailed Godwit | 100 | Cley & Salthouse Marshes | 04-Oct-23 |
| 47 | Long-billed Dowitcher | 1 | Cley & we also found it at Stiffkey Fen in Sept, but disappeared late October | 15-Oct-23 |
| 48 | Jack Snipe* | 1 | One flushed (not guiding) off Blakeney Point | 08-Oct-23 |
| 49 | Eurasian Woodcock | 2 | Holme NWT arrived in off sea, another in off the Sea Warham Greens | 22-Oct-23 |
| 50 | Common Snipe | 2 | North Point, Wells-next-the-Sea | 04-Oct-23 |
| 51 | Wilson’s Phalarope | 1 | Stiffkey Fen–North Fen | 04-Oct-23 |
| 52 | Grey Phalarope | 2 | Cley Coastguards flew along the shoreline in NE blow, seawatching | 15-Oct-23 |
| 53 | Green Sandpiper | 1 | Stiffkey Fen–North Fen | 04-Oct-23 |
| 54 | Wood Sandpiper | 1 | Titchwell Marsh RSPB | 14-Oct-23 |
| 55 | Common Redshank | 10 | Blakeney NNR | 08-Oct-23 |
| 56 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 1 | Frampton Marsh RSPB | 13-Oct-23 |
| 57 | Spotted Redshank | 1 | Titchwell Marsh RSPB | 14-Oct-23 |
| 58 | Common Greenshank | 8 | Stiffkey Fen–North Fen | 04-Oct-23 |
| 59 | Ruddy Turnstone | 1 | Blakeney NNR | 08-Oct-23 |
| 60 | Red Knot | 90000 | Snettisham RSPB on high tide | 06-Oct-23 |
| 61 | Ruff | 4 | Stiffkey Fen–North Fen | 04-Oct-23 |
| 62 | Sanderling | 25 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 63 | Dunlin | 100 | Cley & Salthouse Marshes | 06-Oct-23 |
| 64 | Little Stint | 4 | Frampton Marsh RSPB | 13-Oct-23 |
| 65 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 1 | Seen twice whilst guiding at North Point, Wells-next-the-Sea | 04-Oct-23 |
| 66 | Arctic Skua | 5 | Cley Coastguards flew along the shoreline in NE blow, seawatching | 06-Oct-23 |
| 67 | Great Skua | 1 | Cley & Salthouse Marshes | 12-Oct-23 |
| 68 | Razorbill | 10 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 69 | Common Guillemot | 2 | Blakeney NNR | 08-Oct-23 |
| 70 | Little Gull | 200 | Influx during Northerly gales end of Oct Cley Coastguards | 21-Oct-23 |
| 71 | Black-legged Kittiwake | 2 | Cley & Salthouse Marshes | 12-Oct-23 |
| 72 | Black-headed Gull | 1 | Seen daily | 03-Oct-23 |
| 73 | Mediterranean Gull | 1 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 74 | Common Gull | 70 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 75 | Herring Gull | 6 | Seen daily | 03-Oct-23 |
| 76 | Great Black-backed Gull | 4 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 77 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 15 | Seen irregularly inland or at gull roosts | 03-Oct-23 |
| 78 | Black Tern | 1 | Cley Coastguards | 15-Oct-23 |
| 79 | Arctic Tern | 2 | 1-2 juvs seen off Cley Coastguards early October | 08-Oct-23 |
| 80 | Common Tern | 1 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 81 | Roseate Tern | 3 | an adult and 2 juvs seen off Cley Coastguards | 08-Oct-23 |
| 82 | Sandwich Tern | 4 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 83 | Red-throated Diver | 25 | Cley Coastguards | 12-Oct-23 |
| 84 | Sooty Shearwater | 1 | Cley Coastguards | 12-Oct-23 |
| 85 | Manx Shearwater | 2 | Cley Coastguards | 12-Oct-23 |
| 86 | Northern Gannet | 100 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 87 | Great Cormorant | 5 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 88 | European Shag | 1 | Holme Dunes NWT NR and NNR | 25-Oct-23 |
| 89 | Little Egret | 4 | Stiffkey Fen–North Fen | 04-Oct-23 |
| 90 | Western Cattle Egret | 19 | Up to 19 at Holme NWT till end of month | 06-Oct-23 |
| 91 | Great White Egret | 1 | Holme NWT | 09-Oct-23 |
| 92 | Grey Heron | 1 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 93 | Glossy Ibis | 1 | Great views at Kelling Water Meadows | 30-Oct-23 |
| 94 | Eurasian Spoonbill | 14 | Stiffkey Fen–North Fen & 7 flew over at Snettisham 1st Nov. | 04-Oct-23 |
| 95 | Western Marsh Harrier | 1 | North Point, Wells-next-the-Sea | 04-Oct-23 |
| 96 | Hen Harrier | 1 | Single ringtails at Holme & Titchwell | 21-Oct-23 |
| 97 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | 1 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 98 | Eurasian Goshawk | 1 | Cockley Cley area | 03-Oct-23 |
| 99 | Red Kite | 1 | Stiffkey Fen–North Fen | 04-Oct-23 |
| 100 | Common Buzzard | 4 | Seen daily | 03-Oct-23 |
| 101 | Barn Owl | 2 | Holme NWT | 31-Oct-23 |
| 102 | Short-eared Owl | 13 | Singles at Holme & 13 in off sea on Blakeney NNR (latter not guiding) | 08-Oct-23 |
| 103 | Common Kingfisher | 2 | Seen regularly | 04-Oct-23 |
| 104 | Eurasian Green Woodpecker | 1 | Seen irregularly | 03-Oct-23 |
| 105 | Common Kestrel | 1 | North Point, Wells-next-the-Sea | 04-Oct-23 |
| 106 | Peregrine Falcon | 1 | Holme NWT & Snettisham on high tide | 06-Oct-23 |
| 107 | Eurasian Jay | 1 | Seen daily | 03-Oct-23 |
| 108 | Common Magpie | 4 | Seen daily | 03-Oct-23 |
| 109 | Eurasian Jackdaw | 10 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 110 | Rook | 1 | Cley & Salthouse Marshes | 12-Oct-23 |
| 111 | Carrion Crow | 10 | Seen daily | 03-Oct-23 |
| 112 | Common Raven | 1 | Seen at Holkham | 03-Oct-23 |
| 113 | Marsh Tit | 1 | Seen regularly in Breckland visits | 14-Oct-23 |
| 114 | Eurasian Blue Tit | 1 | Seen daily | 03-Oct-23 |
| 115 | Great Tit | 1 | Seen daily | 03-Oct-23 |
| 116 | Shore Lark* | 3 | Holme Dunes NWT – seen but not guiding | 19-Oct-23 |
| 117 | Woodlark | 2 | Seen regularly in Breckland visits | 14-Oct-23 |
| 118 | Eurasian Skylark | 26 | Seen daily – Birds arriving in off sea and Southerly migration noted from mid October. | 03-Oct-23 |
| 119 | Bearded Tit | 14 | Cley & Salthouse Marshes | 12-Oct-23 |
| 120 | Barn Swallow | 40 | Migrants still obvious first week of October, 1-2’s there after | 03-Oct-23 |
| 121 | Western House Martin | 1 | Migrants still obvious first week of October, 1-2’s there after | 03-Oct-23 |
| 122 | Common Chiffchaff | 1 | Migrants still obvious first week of October, 1-2’s there after | 03-Oct-23 |
| 123 | Yellow-browed Warbler | 1 | One eventually showed v well here and calling as well. | 31-Oct-23 |
| 124 | Cetti’s Warbler | 1 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 125 | Long-tailed Tit | 10 | Seen daily | 03-Oct-23 |
| 126 | Eurasian Blackcap | 3 | Blakeney NNR | 08-Oct-23 |
| 127 | Lesser Whitethroat | 1 | Blakeney NNR | 08-Oct-23 |
| 128 | Common Whitethroat | 1 | Holme Dunes NWT NR and NNR | 10-Oct-23 |
| 129 | Goldcrest | 1 | Seen daily | 03-Oct-23 |
| 130 | Eurasian Nuthatch | 1 | Bird seen and heard on visits to Brecks | 03-Oct-23 |
| 131 | Eurasian Treecreeper | 1 | Bird seen and heard on visits to Brecks | 03-Oct-23 |
| 132 | Eurasian Wren | 1 | Seen daily | 03-Oct-23 |
| 133 | Common Starling | 69 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 134 | Mistle Thrush | 3 | Bird seen and heard on visits to Brecks | 03-Oct-23 |
| 135 | Song Thrush | 1 | Birds arriving in off sea and Southerly migration noted from mid October. | 03-Oct-23 |
| 136 | Redwing | 31 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 137 | Eurasian Blackbird | 2 | Frampton Marsh RSPB | 13-Oct-23 |
| 138 | Fieldfare | 800 | Snettisham RSPB | 16-Oct-23 |
| 139 | Ring Ouzel* | 1 | Blakeney Point (not guding) | 08-Oct-23 |
| 140 | European Robin | 1 | Birds arriving in off sea and Southerly migration noted from early October. | 03-Oct-23 |
| 141 | European Stonechat | 3 | Blakeney NNR | 08-Oct-23 |
| 142 | Northern Wheatear | 2 | 1-2 still early October | 08-Oct-23 |
| 143 | Bohemian Waxwing | 10 | Flocks of 5, 4 over Snettisham & a single perched at Holme 31st | 25-Oct-23 |
| 144 | Dunnock | 2 | Seen daily | 03-Oct-23 |
| 145 | House Sparrow | 1 | Cley & Salthouse Marshes | 12-Oct-23 |
| 146 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | 20 | Cockley Cley–Pig Fields | 14-Oct-23 |
| 147 | Grey Wagtail | 3 | Holme NWT | 06-Oct-23 |
| 148 | Pied Wagtail/White Wagtail | 4 | Southerly migration noted through October. | 03-Oct-23 |
| 149 | Meadow Pipit | 50 | Seen daily. Southerly migration throughout | 03-Oct-23 |
| 150 | Scandanivian Rock Pipit | 5 | Blakeney NNR | 08-Oct-23 |
| 151 | Common Chaffinch* | 47902 | A record count of migrants from Hunstanton cliffs (not guiding) see Trektellen for full details | 03-Oct-23 |
| 152 | Brambling | 5 | Holme NWT – also noted Southerly migrants overhead at Snettisham | 08-Oct-23 |
| 153 | Eurasian Bullfinch | 2 | Seen irregularly | 03-Oct-23 |
| 154 | European Greenfinch | 2 | Seen on most trips | 03-Oct-23 |
| 156 | Common Linnet | 40 | Seen daily | 03-Oct-23 |
| 157 | Lesser Redpoll | 10 | Cley Walsey Hills and 1-2 migrants heard flying over | 03-Oct-23 |
| 159 | Common Crossbill | 1 | Holme NWT came in over us and landed in Pines | 29-Oct-23 |
| 160 | European Goldfinch | 8 | Seen daily | 03-Oct-23 |
| 162 | Eurasian Siskin | 6 | Small numbers seen mainly migrants flying over | 03-Oct-23 |
| 163 | Lapland Bunting* | 1 | Blakeney NNR seen Blakeney Point not guiding. | 08-Oct-23 |
| 165 | Yellowhammer | 1 | Seen regularly in Breckland visits | 03-Oct-23 |
| 166 | Common Reed Bunting | 1 | Seen regularly | 03-Oct-23 |
