Emberiza schoeniclus Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus is a passerine bird in the Bunting family (Emberizidae). It looks like a typical Finch and at one time was classified a such. It's short, wide beak indicates its preference for nuts, seeds and berries rather than insects but it does feed the young with insects. The Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella ) is a similar shape but looks really nothing like this bird the colouring of which reminds you of a common sparrow. It tends to frequent farmland and as the common name suggests, wet areas. This one was photographed from a hide near a lake.
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Marbury Country Park, Cheshire 1st April 2009
Added on 27th November 2014