Hawks & Eagles in Wales
Our list for Wales has 6 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 4 residents and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Wales in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisRecords withheldRare46–61 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sparrowhawk 28–38 cm
- Hen Harrier 41–52 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Northern Goshawk 46–61 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