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Fair Isle - Day 4 Supplement

3rd Oct 2012 | Posted in: UK Birding | Comments (0)

Little Bunting or No?  Tue 2 Oct 12

A significant amount of time was taken analysing the photographs of the Little Bunting taken at the school, along with reference to a number of works including the ringers’ bible Identification Guide to European Passerines (Lars Svensson).  When observed in the field the bird was seen with a Twite and was of a comparable size.

The result of the analysis was that the bird seen was in fact a Reed Bunting.  So, unfortunately, the visiting Little Buntings have escaped detection by the team!

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