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A flock of corn buntings recorded in a farmer’s field in Stotfold in Bedfordshire in January was estimated at 700 – 4 per cent of the entire UK...
Cirl buntings
18th June 2010
862 breeding pairs of cirl buntings were recorded in Britain in 2009, a 25% increase since 2003, according to the RSPB. Despite the increase, however, the species is still confined to a small area of Devon and Cornwall.
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