Hawks & Eagles in East Riding of Yorkshire
Our list for East Riding of Yorkshire has 7 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in East Riding of Yorkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaScarceRare66–94 cm
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