Corn Bunting
Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the corn bunting.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
Steve Backshall begins May with the corn bunting. Corn buntings may be plain-looking birds which sing their scratchy songs from cornfields, but their private lives are a colourful affair and a single male bird may have up to 18 partners.
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Corn bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Broadcasts
- Mon 1 Jul 2013 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 7 Jul 2013 08:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 23 Jun 2014 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Tue 29 Mar 2016 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Tue 28 Mar 2017 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Tue 1 May 2018 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 19 Jul 2020 08:58BBC Radio 4
- Wed 27 Apr 2022 05:58BBC Radio 4
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