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Corn Bunting

Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the corn bunting.

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.

Steve Backshall begins May with the corn bunting. Corn buntings may be plain-looking birds which sing their scratchy songs from cornfields, but their private lives are a colourful affair and a single male bird may have up to 18 partners.

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1 minute

Last on

Wed 27 Apr 2022 05:58

Corn bunting (Emberiza calandra)

Image courtesy of RSPB (rspb-images.com)

Broadcasts

  • Mon 1 Jul 2013 05:58
  • Sun 7 Jul 2013 08:58
  • Mon 23 Jun 2014 05:58
  • Tue 29 Mar 2016 05:58
  • Tue 28 Mar 2017 05:58
  • Tue 1 May 2018 05:58
  • Sun 19 Jul 2020 08:58
  • Wed 27 Apr 2022 05:58

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