Store-SkagastølstindScandinavian Mountains over 2000 metres - James Baxter
Flora & Fauna › Birds › Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus, Reed Bunting, Sivspurv. 15cm.
A summer visitor occasionally spotted by marshy areas, especially if there are reedbeds nearby.
They eat seeds and cereals, but will also eat insects and their larvae.
The female builds a cup shaped nest on the ground or in a bush from grass and lines it with plant down.
The female is brown and has a brown moustache and also lacks the black head and chest markings of the male.