Hawks & Eagles in Surrey
Our list for Surrey has 5 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 4 residents and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Surrey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentRare48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May
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