About
the Reed Bunting
During the winter months, large
flocks of Reed Buntings may gather together to roost in reedbeds.
Winter Reed Buntings may be missed,
the characteristic black and white head pattern of the breeding
males being hidden behind brown feather tips which will be
gradually worn away as the winter progresses.
Reed Buntings eat seeds during
the winter months, adding invertebrates to their diet during
the breeding season.
Most of our Reed Buntings remain
here during the winter, to be joined by very small numbers
of birds from Scandinavia.
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