Northern Harrier
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Marsh (very rare).
Diet: Mammals.
Best time to spot: American Hen Harrier.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in UK raptors and owls.
Where to see it
Reserves where the Northern Harrier is on the list:
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Similar birds
- Montagu's HarrierRare · Cereal fields (rare summer breeder)
- Pallid HarrierRare · Open ground (rare passage)
- Hen HarrierRare · Moorland
- Marsh HarrierUncommon · Reedbeds
- Pallas's Bunting · Marsh scrub (very rare)
- Hawk Owl · Open boreal (very rare)
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