Hawks & Eagles in Tyne and Wear
Our list for Tyne and Wear has 5 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 4 residents and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tyne and Wear in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentRare48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
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