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Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides

Status

Category: Not in any BOURC category.

Native Range

Asia. Eastern China, Korean peninsula, Japan, Mongolia.

Conservation Status

Least Concern

British Occurrence

NBN atlas has 1 records as at end 2024. Map Here Summary below:

At sea in The Wash off Hunstanton in 2000.

Also, one was found among a flock of Reed Buntings at Marton Mere, Lancashire on 26th November 1995. It was refound a few days later and soon afterwards, collided with a car and taken into care where it was thoroughly examined. It was released the next day (2nd December).

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Sources

Stinger R. Birdwatch February 1996 p. 13