Honey-buzzard in Britain

Pictures from Study Area, SW Northumberland 2009-2012

Pernis apivorus, Honey Buzzard

Nick Rossiter (nick.rossiter1 at btinternet.com)



Quick Links

Video of Honey-buzzard in Hexhamshire, Northumberland, in flight and perched

Stills 1  2  3  4  5 of Honey-buzzard in Hexhamshire, Northumberland

Medley of Calls of Honey-buzzard in Northumberland

Study Area 2013: N/A nests found

Total Sites

Male

Female

Total Adult

Sites Juvenile Found

Total Juvenile

8

8

4

12

N/A

N/A

Breeding: Running Totals to 12/5

1st Occupation: 2 May

Study Area Report 2012 with Appendix containing hyperlinked field observations

Review of Record Committee's Review of Honey-buzzard Records in Northumberland 2003-2005

Honey-buzzard Movement in Britain in Autumn 2000

Play many more Videos

See a lot more Stills

Listen to a great variety of Calls and see their spectrograms




Male

Female

Juvenile

Total

3

2

N/A

5

Spring Migrants: Running Totals to 4/5

1st Bird: male NE over Staward (Allen), 30 April, 15:13, power-glide

Some Recent changes:

31st March 2012: Added video 2011-875 showing close-up of juvenile perched in tree, juvenile anger calls and nest in Norway Spruce, in Hexhamshire on 21 August 2011 (Videos).

2nd April 2012: Added “The Honey-buzzard Season in SW Northumberland 2011: Report on Techniques, Results and Summaries” (The Honey-buzzard in Northumberland/Report 2011).

3rd April 2012: Updated Honey-buzzard population page with results for SW Northumberland in 2011 (Other Raptors/Population of the Honey-buzzard in SW Northumberland).

20th April 2012: Added video 2011-846 recording female passing near nest, anger calls from pair and nest in Norway Spruce, in Tyne Valley W on 28 June 2011 (Videos).

22nd April 2012: Added overall summary to 2011 counts of Honey-buzzard in UK (Trends/2011); updated counts per month from 1996-2010 to include 2011 data (Trends/by Month).

29th April 2012: Updated Annual Raptor Totals SW Northumberland with data for 2011 (Other Raptors/Annual Totals all Raptors).

1st May 2012: Updated Honey-buzzard in Devon with 2011 data (Populations Elsewhere/Devon); confirmed no visits to Scotland in 2011 (Populations Elsewhere/Scotland).

2nd May 2012: Added page on Honey-buzzard in North Wales with 2011 observations (Populations Elsewhere/North Wales).

8th September 2012: Added page for Total Sightings of Honey-buzzard in Britain for 2012 (Trends/2012).

9th September 2012: Added Quick Links frame at top of index page (above).

19th October 2012: Added trip report “Visit to Ethiopia from 7-17 February 2010: Raptors, Mountains and Churches” (Ethiopian Raptors).

18th February 2013: Completed documentation of individual Honey-buzzard records for 2012 (2012).

19th February 2013: Updated Red Kite page with results for SW Northumberland in 2012 (Other Raptors/Population of the Red Kite in SW Northumberland).

21st February 2013: Updated Goshawk page with results for SW Northumberland in 2012 (Other Raptors/Population of the Goshawk in SW Northumberland).

22nd February 2013: Updated Hobby page with results for SW Northumberland in 2012 (Other Raptors/Population of the Hobby in SW Northumberland).

27th February 2013: Final totals produced for breeding Honey-buzzard in SW Northumberland for 2012 (Population of the Honey-buzzard in SW Northumberland).

7th March 2013: Final totals produced for migrant Honey-buzzard in SW Northumberland for 2012 (Population of the Honey-buzzard in SW Northumberland); closed Notice Board 2012; started Notice Board 2013.

12th April 2013: Added Final Report for Honey-buzzard Season in SW Northumberland for 2012 (The Honey-buzzard in Northumberland/Report 2012 with Appendix containing hyperlinked field observations).

30th April 2013: Started new running totals above for progress of 2013 season.

Earlier modifications: Updates

Original papers with additional pointers:

The Honey-buzzard Movement in Britain in Autumn 2000

Additional Information on this Honey-buzzard movement from: Britain/North Sea   Scandinavia   Continental Europe   Migration Strategy   Ringing Data for Raptors   Replies to Comments on UKBN   Views on the 2000 Movement in 2002-03

The Honey-buzzard Movement in Britain in Autumn 2008

This account is currently being written. Provisional sections available are:

Summary   Migration Models    Honey-buzzard Strategies for Autumn Migration across Northern Britain: the Significance of Orographic Lift   Scandinavian Literature on Migration    Analysis of Counts in Denmark and Elsewhere    Review of Comments made by Others    Decline in Scandinavian Honey-buzzard Populations    Experience with Honey-buzzard Migration in Helgoland    Honey-buzzard Base Counts in UK from BirdGuides by region and direction of flight    Gross Volume, Regional Distribution and Direction of Honey-buzzard Movement in UK   Timing of Honey-buzzard Movement in Benelux from 13-14 September   Regional Reports and other Original Sources for the Honey-buzzard Movement   The Honey-buzzard did Cross the North Sea: from England to Benelux  Map of Honey-buzzard routes in North Sea area from 13-14 September

Other Aspects of Honey-buzzard:

Trends in Honey-buzzard Movements Analysis  Charts  by Month   2012   2011   2010   2009   2008   2007   2006    2005   2004   2003   2002   2001   2000   1999   1998   1996

Identification of Honey-buzzard   Videos with derived stills and calls    Calls  Jizz   Plumage   Bare parts   Moult   Tail-wing ratio    Wing formula    Earlier material

Summary of Calls of Honey-buzzard    Medley of Calls from Northumberland

Food Remains on Ground

The Honey-buzzard in Northumberland Population   Techniques  Habitat   Current Notice Board    Review 1-5    Report 2011   Report 2012 with Appendix containing hyperlinked field observations

Presentations Tynemouth Photographic Society Nov 2010 odp  ppt

Populations Elsewhere of Honey-buzzard Scotland   Devon   Cumbria/North Lancashire  Notts  North Wales  Africa

Other Raptors in Northumberland Hobby   Goshawk  Red Kite  Annual Totals all Raptors

Historical

References to Honey-buzzard Information

(c) Copyright Nick Rossiter 2000-2013

Further Pages: Yellow-legged Gulls  African Gulls  African Raptors  Ethiopian Raptors  Indian Raptors  Crete Raptors  Italy Raptors  Home Page on BT

CEIS, Northumbria University: Reader  Visiting Research Fellow