Hawks & Eagles in England
Our list for England has 9 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 5 residents and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in England in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRecorded all year
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisRecords withheldRare46–61 cm
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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