Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

Western Marsh Harrier photographed by Jess
RSPB Leighton Moss, Myers Farm, Storrs Lane, Silverdale, LA5 0SW, England · August 22, 2026

When to look

Reported most in April, across 2.5M open records.

Records by month. January, 129,557 records. February, 108,456 records. March, 156,903 records. April, 383,757 records. May, 355,646 records. June, 193,209 records. July, 182,350 records. August, 287,644 records. September, 307,603 records. October, 149,490 records. November, 109,977 records. December, 119,476 records.

Occurrence data from GBIF (incl. the eBird Observation Dataset, © Cornell Lab of Ornithology, CC BY 4.0). Descriptive, not predictive.

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