Hawks & Eagles in Shetland Islands
Our list for Shetland Islands has 4 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 1 resident and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Shetland Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantRare66–94 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sparrowhawk 28–38 cm
- Hen Harrier 41–52 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 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