Bird
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
Circus aeruginosus · Accipitridae · Accipitriformes
Best monthsApr–May · Augmost records
Records3,465,459in 103 countries
Most seen inSweden705,887 records
Red ListLeast concernIUCN status
About
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier in brief
The eurasian marsh-harrier (Circus aeruginosus) is a bird of the Accipitridae family — species of bird.
Across the 103 countries we cover it has 3,465,459 published records, most of them from Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in April, May and August and fall to their lowest in February and November.
Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
Sweden705,887 records · best Apr, May
Netherlands437,420 records · best Apr, May
Denmark417,699 records · best Apr, May
Spain336,625 records · best Sep, Apr
Belgium199,797 records · best May, Apr
United Kingdom197,794 records · best May, Apr
France188,568 records · best Apr, Sep
India108,894 records · best Jan, Dec
Germany73,849 records · best May, Apr
Georgia64,931 records · best Sep, Aug
Senegal61,581 records · best Oct, Nov
Portugal61,284 records · best Dec, Jan
Norway56,201 records · best May, Aug
Israel53,850 records · best Sep, Mar
Mali39,829 records · best Dec, Nov
Türkiye33,048 records · best Apr, May
Russia32,660 records · best May, Apr
Poland30,250 records · best May, Apr
Italy29,725 records · best Jan, Dec
Czechia28,860 records · best Apr, May
Finland28,572 records · best May, Aug
Mauritania26,096 records · best Mar, Sep
Estonia23,341 records · best Apr, May
Greece19,423 records · best Apr, May
United Arab Emirates18,887 records · best Nov, Jan
Morocco17,503 records · best Mar, Sep
Austria17,370 records · best Apr, May
Hungary16,410 records · best May, Apr
Bulgaria14,715 records · best Sep, May
Ukraine13,608 records · best May, Apr
Guinea10,560 records · best Jan, Dec
Romania8,988 records · best May, Aug
Iran7,420 records · best Jan, Dec
Serbia5,638 records · best Apr, May
Croatia5,039 records · best Apr, Sep
Oman4,577 records · best Nov, Feb
Cyprus4,403 records · best Apr, Mar
Slovakia4,369 records · best May, Apr
Switzerland4,144 records · best Apr, Sep
Lithuania3,960 records · best May, Apr
Guinea-Bissau3,894 records · best Dec, Jan
Ghana3,655 records · best Feb, Jan
Belarus3,009 records · best May, Apr
Egypt2,922 records · best Apr, Mar
Kuwait2,918 records · best Oct, Sep
Azerbaijan2,908 records · best Nov, Oct
Kazakhstan2,871 records · best May, Jun
Algeria2,550 records · best Sep, Mar
Gambia2,528 records · best Nov, Jan
Slovenia1,852 records · best Apr, Sep
Latvia1,487 records · best May, Apr
Saudi Arabia1,479 records · best Oct, Mar
Uzbekistan1,469 records · best May, Apr
Moldova1,179 records · best May, Apr
Nigeria1,155 records · best Dec, Oct
Ethiopia1,134 records · best Nov, Feb
Palestine1,125 records · best Sep, Mar
Qatar1,116 records · best Nov, Mar
Armenia1,099 records · best May, Apr
Pakistan956 records · best Jan, Feb
Malta930 records · best Sep, Apr
Ireland922 records · best Oct, May
Tunisia833 records · best Apr, Mar
Kyrgyzstan821 records · best May, Aug
Jordan659 records · best Apr, Mar
Albania607 records · best Oct, Apr
Montenegro558 records · best Apr, Sep
Mongolia500 records · best Aug, Sep
Lebanon460 records · best Sep, Oct
Kosovo438 records · best Apr, Mar
Sierra Leone381 records · best Jan, Dec
Ivory Coast322 records · best Jan, Feb
Tajikistan279 records · best May, Mar
Bosnia and Herzegovina278 records · best May, Apr
Luxembourg254 records · best Sep, Apr
Benin252 records · best Jan, Feb
Sri Lanka221 records · best Feb, Nov
Cameroon204 records · best Mar, Jan
Iraq203 records · best Jan, Mar
Burkina Faso174 records · best Feb, Nov
North Macedonia170 records · best May, Apr
Republic of the Congo146 records · best Jan, Feb
Chad109 records · best Feb, Mar
Bahrain107 records · best Oct, Nov
Syria66 records · best Apr, Mar
Cape Verde62 records · best Apr, Oct
Sudan59 records · best Jan, Mar
Turkmenistan56 records · best May, Nov
Togo53 records · best Feb, Nov
Libya46 records · best Oct, May
Niger42 records · best Jan, Feb
Andorra37 records · best Apr, Sep
Djibouti32 records · best Sep, Oct
Yemen28 records · best Oct, Sep
Afghanistan17 records · best Aug, May
Burundi10 records · best Feb, Sep
Eritrea10 records · best Mar, Feb
South Sudan10 records · best Feb, Mar
Iceland9 records · best Jan, Nov
Liechtenstein4 records · best Apr, May
Barbados4 records · best Dec, Apr
Seychelles3 records · best Feb, Jan
Maldives2 records · best Dec, Jan
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.
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