Hawks & Eagles in Ulster
Our list for Ulster has 5 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 3 residents and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ulster in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sparrowhawk 28–38 cm
- Hen Harrier 41–52 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 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