Buntings in Scotland
Our list for Scotland has 5 buntings recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Scotland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentRare16–19 cmRecorded all year
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Reed Bunting 14–16 cm
- Lapland Longspur 15–16 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