Short-toed Snake-eagle
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Open woodland, scrub.
Diet: Snakes, lizards.
Best time to spot: Hovers like a giant kestrel.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in Rare birds in the UK.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Black-headed Bunting · Open scrub (vagrant)
- Black-throated Thrush · Open woodland (very rare)
- Bonelli's WarblerRare · Open oak / pine woodland
- Chestnut Bunting · Open woodland (extreme vagrant)
- Common ChiffchaffCommon · Woodland
- Eurasian WryneckRare · Open woodland (passage)
Kit that helps
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