European Honey Buzzard

Pernis apivorus

The European honey buzzard is an insectivorous bird of prey in the family Accipitridae breeding in Europe and western Asia, and wintering in Africa. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 4,274 times across 36 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 20°C (typically 11 to 33°C, from 11 areas). That range is wide, so temperature alone does not explain when it turns up.

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Europe ranged from 45°N in August to 59°N in August, about 1,500 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.