Buntings in Northumberland
Our list for Northumberland has 4 buntings recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Northumberland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody 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