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Buntings aren’t the world’s most glamorous birds. In fact, they fall into an unfortunate category that birders refer to as LBJ: the little brown job. They’re small, and yes, mostly brown – though Cirl Buntings have bright yellow faces. But their looks, coupled with the fact that they tend to live off the beaten track, mean they’ve often been overlooked.
A crowdfunding appeal linked to Sir David Attenborough’s Wild Isles TV series is raising money for three wildlife projects in Worcestershire.
February 21, 2021 12:46 pm A “far from controversial” idea, the reintroduction of the Corn Bunting to Ireland is being “gently” spoken about in conservation circles. But, why? According to BirdWatch Ireland, the Corn Bunting was once a “widespread resident in lowland agricultural areas” – that is, before it became extinct in the 1990s. Cork tillage farmer Paul Moore is co-ordinating a report on tillage farmland and biodiversity, with part of that looking at what research has been done internationally on reintroductions of the bird. Fat Bird Of The Barley Moore, a member of BirdW...