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| Image Description: |
A Reed Bunting perches on a small stone |
| Image notes: |
These birds bred frequently in Shetland up till the 1990s when records stopped. |
| Species in Image: |
Reed Bunting |
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| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc01852 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Reed Bunting |
| Latin Name |
Emberiza schoeniclus |
| Latin Group Name |
Passeriformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Emberizidae |
| Common Family Name |
Buntings |
| Description |
Fairly common passage migrant and formerly a scarce breeding bird. Breeding increased during the 1970s, peaking in the 1980s, but went into a rapid decline and ceased in the late 1990s. |
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