Very rare passage migrant.

Foster in Hine (1934) claimed that Rough-legged Buzzards had been recorded from Box Wood, but no further details were supplied. An unidentified Buzzard seen at Box Wood from 23 to 30 October 1982 may have been of this species. Other possible records are of one flying over Lonsdale Road on 23 October 1985, and a, “hovering Buzzard, with legs dangling”, hunting over a rough field near Sainsburys Supermarket in Magpie Crescent on 10 November 1989, was believed to be of this species (North Herts Birders Log).