In a Danish landscape with relatively high (134/km²) but variable human density, 86% of 213 incubating Common Buzzards Buteo buteo flushed from the nest at distances of 0–200 m in response to a person approaching on foot. Flight distances were not conditional on nest site parameters despite considerable variation in human disturbance variables, lending no support for the hypothesis that Common Buzzards are more tolerant of humans in disturbed locations.