april 6
2019, 12:01am, the times
derwent
may
People in
Devon and Cornwall are the only ones who can hear cirl buntings singing their
spring song. Those are the only counties in Britain in which this attractive
hedgerow bird now nests. Until recently Devon was the sole county they bred in,
but a conservation team, led by the RSPB and Natural England, has had
considerable success in establishing their presence again in Cornwall.
They are
quite closely related to yellowhammers (or yellow buntings). They flit along
the hedges and sing in small trees, like the yellowhammer. Their song is an
unmistakable metallic rattle, slightly reminiscent of the yellowhammer’s
slower, more tinkling notes, but without the long wheezing note at the end.
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