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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Lapland Bunting

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Lapland Bunting

Calcatius lapponicus

 

• Lapland Bunting
• Calcatius lapponicus
• UK: Scarce breeder, passage - winter visitor
• UK: 350 birds (winter) Arrives September - October, leaves by May BTO
• WI: Scarce passage migrant (very small numbers recorded in most years)
• Breeds: Arctic Europe, Asia, Canada, North America. Birch, willow, bare mountains areas
• Winters: South to Central Europe, Central Asia, South America, cultivated land or coasts, wet meadows
• Chunky yellow seed-eater bill. Winter males: very noticeable black crown, face & throat. White eyestripe. Chestnut nape. White below. Heavily streaked black-grey back. Mixed species flocks.
• Diet: seeds (summer invertebrates)
• Listen to a Lapland Bunting - RSPB site

 

 

Lapland Bunting records in the Western Isles

Scarce passage migrant (very small numbers recorded in most years)

 

The chart below shows how abundant the Lapland Bunting is during a month or when you are more likely to see it.

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(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

 

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