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The original bunting... Corn buntings are farmland specialists, found mainly in cereal growing areas, where they nest on the ground, typically in thick grass or cereal crops. Once upon a time, the word ‘bunting’ was used to endearingly describe a plump or thickset person. It is easy to see...

Turtle Doves A glimmer of hope? After receiving numerous complaints regarding the depressing content of my blog and several wishes for a post about a species which we can feel positive about. One which we can sit back, with our feet up, and feel secure in the knowledge that in the International year...

Skylarks : UK Priority Species The superb, soaring, melodious flight of the skylark Alauda arvensis, the harbinger of sunshine, is an increasingly rare sound across the UK, and not just because of our bad weather. Skylark populations are declining in almost all countries of northern and western Europe...