Andy Rouse / Black headed bunting, (Emberiza melanocephala), catching flies on sunflower crop, Bulgaria, June.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Corn buntings (Emberiza calandra) in flight, Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project, Essex, England, UK, December. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Corn bunting (Milaria calandra) perched in a field of Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), Hertfordshire, England, UK, April

Wild Wonders of Europe / Nill / Black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala) male perched singing, Bulgaria, May 2008

Brian Bevan / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citronella) singing from bramble patch, Bedfordshire, UK, April.

Brian Bevan / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citronella) perched on branch calling, Bedfordshire, UK, April.

David Tipling / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) in singing in blossoming tree, Norfolk, England, UK. April

Andres M. Dominguez / Corn bunting (Emberiza calandra) perched on sunflower, Arcos de la Frontera. Southern Spain. June.

Karine Aigner / Painted bunting (Passerina ciris) male singing, perched in tree amongst yellow flowers. Texas, USA. April.

Jussi Murtosaari / Pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum), with Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) prey, Finland, January.

Jussi Murtosaari / Pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum), with Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) prey, Finland, January.

Staffan Widstrand / Golden-breated Bunting, (Emberiza flaviventris) at waterhole, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / Golden-breated Bunting, (Emberiza flaviventris) next to water, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

John Shaw / Yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata). Pantanal, Brazil, September.

Marie Read / Western tanager (Piranga ludoviciana), male perched on aspen branch in spring, Mono Lake Basin, California, USA, May.

Paul Hobson / Yellow bunting (Emberiza citrinella) male singing, perched on Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) branch. Sheffield, England, UK. April.

Paul Hobson / Yellow bunting (Emberiza citrinella) male singing, perched in Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) tree. Sheffield, England, UK. April.

Andy Rouse / Black headed bunting, (Emberiza melanocephala), catching flies on sunflower crop, Bulgaria, June.

David Tipling / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) male in flight past hawthorn blossom, North Norfolk, England, UK. May

David Tipling / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) male, North Norfolk, England, UK., April

Ernie Janes / Yellow hammer (Emberiza citinella) on Elder tree, England, UK. May.

Ernie Janes / Yellow hammer (Emberiza citinella) flying sequence, England, UK. Digital composite.

Ernie Janes / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) in winter snow. Norfolk, England, UK. February. Falling snow digitally added.

Ernie Janes / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) perched in snow covered conifer, Norfolk, England, UK. February.

Ernie Janes / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) perched in snow covered conifer, Norfolk, England, UK. February.

Ernie Janes / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) perched in snow covered conifer, Norfolk, England, UK. February.

Ernie Janes / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citinella) perched, Norfolk, England, UK. December.

Konrad Wothe / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) male singing, Bavaria, Germany, May.

Ann & Steve Toon / Golden-breasted bunting (Emberiza flaviventris), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, September.

Jussi Murtosaari / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella), leucistic form, Finland, February.

Jussi Murtosaari / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella), leucistic form in snow, Finland, February.

Jussi Murtosaari / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella), leucistic form perched, Finland, February.

Jussi Murtosaari / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella), leucistic and normal form in snow, Finland, February.

Klein & Hubert / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) male in breeding plumage sitting on a birch tree branch in spring, France

Klein & Hubert / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) male in breeding plumage sitting on a Hawthorn branch in spring, France

Klein & Hubert / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) male in breeding plumage sitting on a Hawthorn branch in spring, France

Fabrice Cahez / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) Vosges, France, January.

Fabrice Cahez / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) Vosges, France, May.

Fabrice Cahez / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) Vosges, France

Terry Whittaker / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) perched on barbed wire fence. Chalk cliffs, Dover, Kent. July

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) juvenile reflected in garden pond, Scotland, UK, July.

Ernie Janes / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citinella) in winter hedgerow, Norfolk, England, UK, December.

Andres M. Dominguez / Corn bunting (Miliaria calandra) perched in brassica flowers, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, April.

Ernie Janes / Yellow hammer (Emberiza citinella) perched on flowering plum blossom, England, UK, February.

Wim van den Heever / Golden breasted bunting (Emberiza flaviventris) reflected in water, Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa.

Brent Stephenson / Male yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) feeding on grass seeds on a park lawn, Anderson Park, Tamatea, Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, September. Introduced species.

Ernie Janes / Yellow hammer (Emberiza citrinella) on Blackthorn blossom, Norfolk, England, UK, April.

Ernie Janes / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citinella) perched on conifer, Norfolk, England, UK, February.