The sparrowhawk is often seen chasing birds in gardens at bird feeders. It has short rounded wings and a long tail.
Length: 30-40cm
Wingspan: 55-75cm
Weight: 100-300g
Habitat: Farmland with hedgerows, mixed woodland and also increasingly in urban areas
The buzzard is often seen soaring with distinctive broad rounded wings and ‘finger tips’. They also have a barred, fan-shaped tail.
Length: 50-65cm
Wingspan: 130-150cm
Weight: 800-1,100g
Habitat: Often seen perched on telegraph poles unlike other birds of prey in uplands and lowland, open farmland.
The kestrel is often seen hovering at the edge of roads or motorways and drops onto its prey vertically
Length: 33-39cm
Wingspan: 65-75cm
Weight: 130-300g
Habitat: Roadsides, towns, moorland and cultivated farmland
The peregrine falcon is known as the fastest bird in the world and can reach speeds over 200mph in a vertical dive or ‘stoop’. Known as lord of the mountain.
Length: 39-50cm
Wingspan: 95-115cm
Weight: 600-1,300g
Habitat: Sea cliffs, inland cliffs, quarries and open uplands in summer and coasts or estuaries in winter.
