Hawks & Eagles in Cornwall
Our list for Cornwall has 7 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cornwall in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaScarceRare66–94 cm
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sparrowhawk 28–38 cm
- Hen Harrier 41–52 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
- European Honey-buzzard 52–60 cm
- Red Kite 60–66 cm
- White-tailed Sea-eagle 66–94 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