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..     REED BUNTING (emberiza schoeniclus).     ..

Photo taken at Barnshean Loch, May '05.

Size:-

Voice:-

Habitat:-

Status:-

Egg:-

Length: 15-16.5cm

Wingspan: 21-28cm

Weight: 16-25g

Call: characteristic 'see-oo'

Song: unmusical 'tweek tweek tweek tsissick'

Summer: dense, herbaceous vegetation on waterlogged soils.

Winter: plantation edges, set-aside fields and sometimes in gardens.

Widespread

Common

Red List

 

20x15mm

N.B. EGG COLLECTING IS MURDER. IT IS IMMORAL AND IT IS AGAINST THE LAW.

Extra Info:-

Eggs:-

Lifespan:-

Population:-

No.:-

Incubation:-

Fledging:-

4-7

12-15 days

10-13 days

Season: Apr-Jul  2-3 clutches

10 years

 

 

240,000 territories

 

 

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