Hawks & Eagles in Northern Ireland
Our list for Northern Ireland has 6 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 4 residents and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Northern Ireland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly May–Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
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
- White-tailed Sea-eagle 66–94 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