Buntings in Cornwall
Our list for Cornwall has 6 buntings recorded regularly there: 3 residents and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cornwall in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusRecords withheldRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentRare16–19 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Reed Bunting 14–16 cm
- Lapland Longspur 15–16 cm
- Cirl Bunting 15–17 cm
- Yellowhammer 16–17 cm
- Snow Bunting 15–18 cm
- Corn Bunting 16–19 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made