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    Reed Bunting

    (Emberiza schoeniclus)

    Alert Status: Amber – 15% decline
     

    Identifying Features: Reed Buntings are sparrow-sized streaky, brown birds. The males have black heads and black throats, with a white collar and white 'moustache'. Female buntings, including female Yellowhammers and Reed Buntings, can be very difficult to tell apart.
    Average Length: 15-16 cm
    Average Lifespan: 3 years
    Average Wingspan: 21-25 cm

     

    Beak type: Seeds
     

    Feeding:
    Natural: Seeds and invertebrates

     

    Nesting: The nest is a cup of grass and moss built on the ground but usually among reeds or grasses in a wet or marshy place. Fine grasses and hair are used to line the cup.
     

    Where to see: Reed buntings are predominantly a farmland and wetland bird. Typically found in wet vegetation but has recently spread into farmland and, in winter, into gardens. When singing the male usually perched on top of a bush, or reed.

    Reed Bunting
    Common Reed Bunting song by Gabriel Leit
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