Crops and corn buntings!

Thursday 26th May 2022

These were the examples that we collected on our way today. Wheat, barley, bean (can’t be more specific than that!) and oats. It is a very arable area compared to the first few days, which was sheep, cows and horses as the land was so mountainous. I am testing my plant identification skills every day!!

And we saw loads of these birds, singing their hearts out, corn buntings. They were amazing! The rspb describes them as nondescript lowland farmland birds, a stout dumpy brown bird ( I find that quite offensive as they are lovely!). They are red listed in the uk and I have not seen one before.