November 2002
The Cirl Bunting is found in western and southern Europe as well as parts of north Africa. In Britain it is confined to a handful of sites near the coasts of south west England.
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Ag. Irini Gorge, Crete November 2002 The Cirl Bunting is found in western and southern Europe as well as parts of north Africa. In Britain it is confined to a handful of sites near the coasts of south west England. |
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| The male, as shown here, has a yellow face with a black throat and eye-stripe. A yellow stripe separates the black throat from an olive-green breast band leading into a yellow belly. The female looks very like a female Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella. | ||
| It eats seeds of grass and cereals augmenting this diet in the breeding season with invertebrates. |
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