It reaches up to 390 km/h in its hunting stoop, the fastest speed ever recorded for an animal.
From Peregrine Falcon
Its population collapsed in the mid-twentieth century because of the pesticide DDT, and recovered once it was banned.
From Peregrine Falcon
It hunts mainly other birds, taken in mid-air.
From Peregrine Falcon
It digs out wasp and bumblebee nests; the feathers on its face protect it from the stings.
From European Honey Buzzard
It digs out wasp nests with its feet and eats the grubs: stiff, scale-like feathers around its eyes and bill protect it from stings, and the wasps appear not to recognise it as a threat.
From European Honey Buzzard
It crosses the Strait of Gibraltar in enormous concentrations: within a few days in May and September tens of thousands of honey buzzards may pass, one of the most remarkable migration spectacles in Europe.
From European Honey Buzzard
It breeds in late summer so it can feed its chicks on migrating birds.
From Eleonora's Falcon
It holds its breeding season back to late summer to coincide with the passage of migrating birds, which it feeds to its chicks.
From Eleonora's Falcon

Ecosystems