Hawks & Eagles in Ireland
Our list for Ireland has 8 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 winter visitor, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ireland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRecorded all year
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusScarceRare43–47 cmRegularly May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sparrowhawk 28–38 cm
- Montagu's Harrier 43–47 cm
- Hen Harrier 41–52 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
- Red Kite 60–66 cm
- White-tailed Sea-eagle 66–94 cm
- Golden Eagle 66–102 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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