I was on the south-west coast path early on, and stopped to listen up what the hell was that? A sort of finchy rasp, not really that mellifluous but odd and out of place.

It is indeed out of place, the RSPB set up a specific reserve for this bird, the first they created for a single bird species!

I’ve heard corn bunting in Europe and there’s some sort of resemblance i nthe sound, but the RSPB says the cirl bunting is a close relative of Yellowhammer, which stacks up now I listen to this again. I never got to see this fellow, as I was recording it and didn’t want to flush the bird, it sound quite close.

geographical location on aporee