Hawks & Eagles in Norfolk
Our list for Norfolk has 8 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Norfolk in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantRare66–94 cmRegularly Aug–May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusScarceRare52–60 cmRegularly Aug
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