Hawks & Eagles in Pembrokeshire
Our list for Pembrokeshire has 5 hawks & eagles recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Pembrokeshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly May–Jan
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