Hawks & Eagles in Cambridgeshire

5 species matching this filter.

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Cambridgeshire is home to 5 recorded species of hawks and eagles, ranging from the commonly seen Buzzard and Sparrowhawk to the more elusive Hen Harrier. The county's diverse landscape of fenland, arable farmland, and wetland reserves such as the Ouse Washes and Wicken Fen provides excellent hunting grounds for these raptors. The Western Marsh-harrier, once on the brink of extinction in Britain, has made a remarkable recovery and can now be regularly spotted quartering over Cambridgeshire's reedbeds.

Sparrowhawk
SparrowhawkSmallest · 28cm
to
Red Kite
Red KiteLargest · 66cm
Ranges from the Sparrowhawk (28cm) to the Red Kite (66cm)4 year-round residents
Buzzard

Buzzard

Buteo buteoLC

Now the county's commonest raptor, regularly seen perched on fence posts or soaring over arable fields throughout the year.

Year-round

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Hen Harrier

Hen Harrier

Circus cyaneusLC

A rare winter visitor to the open Fenland landscape, occasionally seen hunting low over stubble fields and marshes.

Nov–Mar

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M
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J
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Red Kite

Red Kite

Milvus milvusLC

An increasingly familiar sight soaring over farmland and motorways. Part of the species' ongoing recolonisation of eastern England.

Year-round

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Sparrowhawk

Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisusLC

A year-round resident, often glimpsed dashing through gardens and along hedgerows. Breeds in woodland edges across the county.

Year-round

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Western Marsh-harrier

Western Marsh-harrier

Circus aeruginosusLC

Resident in the Fens, quartering over reedbeds and marshes year-round. The Ouse and Nene Washes are key strongholds.

Year-round

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