Lapland Bunting
The Lapland Bunting, also known as the Lapland Longspur, is a passerine bird in the longspur family (Calcariidae), a group generally separated from the finches (Fringillidae). The name longspur refers to the long claw on the hind toe of each foot.
The breeding male Lapland Bunting has a black head and throat, white eyestripe, chestnut nape, white underparts, a heavily streaked black-grey back and a thick yellow bill. Other plumages have a plainer orange-brown head, a browner back and chestnut nape and wing panels.
During the summer, the Lapland Bunting can be found across Arctic Europe and in Canada and the northernmost parts of the USA where it breeds in wet areas with birch or willow and on bare mountains. It is a migratory bird, wintering in the Russian steppes, south USA, north Scandinavia and down to coastal south Sweden, Denmark and other parts of coastal west Europe.
In the UK, the Lapland Bunting is occasionally seen in north Scotland in summer although small numbers are seen more regularly in autumn and winter along the east coast from East Lothian to Kent. The coasts of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and north Norfolk usually hold the most birds. During winter, it often feeds in mixed species flocks.
The Lapland Bunting eats mostly insects during the summer and seeds during the winter.
Date: 3rd July 2019
Location: Komagdalen, Varangerhalvøya National Park, Varanger peninsula, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
The breeding male Lapland Bunting has a black head and throat, white eyestripe, chestnut nape, white underparts, a heavily streaked black-grey back and a thick yellow bill. Other plumages have a plainer orange-brown head, a browner back and chestnut nape and wing panels.
During the summer, the Lapland Bunting can be found across Arctic Europe and in Canada and the northernmost parts of the USA where it breeds in wet areas with birch or willow and on bare mountains. It is a migratory bird, wintering in the Russian steppes, south USA, north Scandinavia and down to coastal south Sweden, Denmark and other parts of coastal west Europe.
In the UK, the Lapland Bunting is occasionally seen in north Scotland in summer although small numbers are seen more regularly in autumn and winter along the east coast from East Lothian to Kent. The coasts of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and north Norfolk usually hold the most birds. During winter, it often feeds in mixed species flocks.
The Lapland Bunting eats mostly insects during the summer and seeds during the winter.
Date: 3rd July 2019
Location: Komagdalen, Varangerhalvøya National Park, Varanger peninsula, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
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Also in: North Norway
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