Snow Bunting 17

Snow bunting       (Plectrophenax nivalis)

Lapland Bunting 02

Lapland bunting       (Calcarius lapponicus)

Snow and Lapland Bunting photos taken at Salthouse, Norfolk, in January 2008. 

Reed Bunting 14

Reed bunting    Emberiza schoeniclus

Top photo of a female at Cannop Ponds, Forest of Dean, February 2008.   Note the similarity with the Lapland Bunting!  

Corn Bunting 04

Corn Bunting 13

Corn bunting  Miliaria calandra

A very rare sight nowadays in the UK.  Usually easy to locate due to their obvious call, but a careful approach is required to get close, best done from a car if possible.  Photographed on the Wiltshire Downs.

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