The lesser spotted eagle, Aquila pomarina, (Schreiadler, gevlekte arend) is a rather insignificant brown eagle about the size of a large buzzard. Lesser spotted eagles are migratory birds wintering in Africa south of the Sahara mainly in Zambia, Zimbabwe, northern Namibia, Botswana and Angola. They cover distances of over 10 000 km per trip. They leave their central European breeding sites in September and leave us again in April to return. Male lesser spotted eagles especially are very faithful to their territories and return almost every year to the same breeding area.