Cirl Bunting
Recent sightings
| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/02/26 | CIRL BUNTING | Wicor (Portchester) | 1 | P D Winter |
12:00 | No sign of Cirl Bunting for me between 08:05 and 12:00 in sunny weather. | |||
| 01/02/26 | CIRL BUNTING | Wicor (Portchester) | 1 | P D Winter |
| No sign 11:45 to 15:30. | |||
| 31/01/26 | CIRL BUNTING | Wicor (Portchester) | 1 | S Miles |
| 13:40 | In horse field in hedge, singing. | |||
| 31/01/26 | CIRL BUNTING | Wicor (Portchester) | 1 | B Hayward |
| 08:48 | Showing briefly and elusive... cracking bird tho. More on my blog- https://avesobservatabirdblog.blogspot.com/?m=0. | |||
| 31/01/26 | CIRL BUNTING | Wicor (Portchester) | 1 | R Goodall |
| 08:46 | Mobile but in usual area. | |||
| 30/01/26 | CIRL BUNTING | Wicor (Portchester) | 1 | T Doran |
| 08:15 | Male still present in the usual spot in the set aside east of the paddock at SU606047. | |||
| 29/01/26 | CIRL BUNTING | Wicor (Portchester) | 1 | A D Tindale |
| 10:35 | Male again in similar location to before in December. Seen perched in scrub in front of new housing developing eastern side of landscaped set aside. SU606048. | |||
| 27/12/25 | CIRL BUNTING | Wicor (Portchester) | 1 | B Hayward |
| 09:00 | No sign all morning, plenty of people searched for it, but no luck. More later on my blog- https://avesobservatabirdblog.blogspot.com/. | |||
| 26/12/25 | CIRL BUNTING | Wicor (Portchester) | 1 | M J Palmer |
| 14:00 | male. Seen briefly in Horses Paddock on top of bramble clump. | |||
| 26/12/25 | CIRL BUNTING | Wicor (Portchester) | 1 | J M Clark |
| 09:49 | Reported as still present at pond. | |||
Photos
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Records
| Year | Details |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Cirl Bunting, Wicor (Portchester), Adult male, 23rd-24th December, Clear unobstructed view of a male perched briefly on a Hawthorn bush. It flew out from the seaward side footpath hedgerow with a small flock of other passerines (House Sparrow and Dunnock onto the path and Greenfinch, Goldfinch and Chaffinch into the Hawthorn). Flushed by a Buzzard that landed conspicuously in a Hawthorn in the middle of the paddock. Whilst perched it had its right shoulder facing me allowing the rufous tones on the flank and wing to be seen as well as the olive breast band and facial markings. Simply stunning. I'd have been cockahoop with Yellowhammer let alone such an unexpected species. Unfortunately I was unable to relocate it despite extensive searching, and I dipped on capturing a record shot by a few seconds. Nothing captured on Merlin even after I changed the location of the subsequent recordings to Prawle Point. (Tony Tindale) |
