Hawks & Eagles in Somerset
Our list for Somerset has 5 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 4 residents and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Somerset in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sparrowhawk 28–38 cm
- Hen Harrier 41–52 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Buzzard 51–57 cm
- Red Kite 60–66 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