Corn Bunting

[Roger W]

This was taken at Bowers Marsh RSPB near Basildon Essex,

 

[Gronk08]

Hi Roger

Nice shot of this bird in its natural surroundings, but its a Reed Bunting rather than a Corn Bunting.

Tim.

 

[Roger W]

Blimey is it really , well still learning about the Birds at the moment , but thanks for that .

 

[SKM]

female reed bunting

 

[Roger W]

Beg to disagree spoke with rspb and they said it a corn bunting folks

 

[FourRingCircus]

Corn Bunting has a yellow bill and pale neck/chest with dark streaks and no eye stripe.

Female Reed Bunting has a silver/grey bill and a colourful neck/chest and a pronounced eye stripe.

RSPB volunteers are rarely experts, regardless of who you happen to speak to.

I'm no 'expert' either, but this is a female reed bunting.

 

[regen]

Beg to disagree spoke with rspb and they said it a corn bunting folks

Guess even the RSPB can be wrong-they often are!

female Reed bunting

Regen

 

[Gronk08]

Yeah definitely a female Reed Bunting, below is a shot I took of a Corn Bunting near Martin Mere.

IMG_7175 by Timothy Rowley, on Flickr

Tim.