Hawks & Eagles in Scotland
Our list for Scotland has 8 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 summer visitor and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Scotland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisRecords withheldRare46–61 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusScarceRare46–59 cm
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