Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) male perched in frost, Scotland, UK, December

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) male perched. Scotland, UK, December. Did you know? Some local names for Yellowhammers include 'scribbler' and 'writing lark' referring to the dark squiggly lines on...

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) (right) and Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) foraging on snow. Perthshire, Scotland, January. Did you know? The Tree sparrow population in UK dropped by 93% between 19...

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) perched on snowy branch. Perthshire, Scotland, February. Did you know? Beethoven's pupil claimed that the famous 'fate motif' of his 5th Symphony was inspired by the...

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus), male Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) and a male Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) on snowy branch (left to right). Perthshire, Scotland, December.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) on grass. Perthshire, Scotland, June.

Ernie Janes / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citinella) UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) perched on frost covered branches, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, December.

Ernie Janes / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citinella) male in flight, Norfolk, UK, May

Fergus Gill / Yellowhammers (Emberiza citrinella) coming in to land of a sheaf of oats in winter. Perthshire, Scotland, February

Roy Mangersnes / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) balancing on rye stem, Norway. HIGHLY COMMENDED: Animal Portraits - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

Andy Sands / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) perched on tree stump in snow, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

Andy Sands / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) perched with feathers puffed out on cold winter morning, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

Laurie Campbell / Male Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) perched in Beech hedge, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, January

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinellus) male at water, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Markus Varesvuo / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) female portrait. Anjalankoski, Finland. March 2005

Colin Varndell / Male Yellowhammer {Emberiza citrinella} UK.

Dietmar Nill / Portrait of Yellowhammer perched amongst blossom {Emberiza citrinella}

Mike Wilkes / Portrait, Yellowhammer on perch. UK

Mike Wilkes / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) male. UK, Europe

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.

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.

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.

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

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.