Buntings in Argyll and Bute
Our list for Argyll and Bute has 4 buntings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Argyll and Bute 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 citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Apr
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