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Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)Where and when to see it in the UK

Vagrant · reporting peaks October · Old World Buntings · BOU category AE

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
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Too few records to rate squares by month. Each marked square has at least one record; the table below gives the count and years.

Black-faced Bunting: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Black-faced Bunting has been recorded in 8 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Vagrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in October.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
TA41East Riding of Yorkshire, England22025unverified
HY75Sea, off Orkney Islands52024unverified
TF49Lincolnshire, England52024unverified
SS58Swansea, Wales12024unverified
TA40Lincolnshire, England12024unverified
SW32Cornwall, England22022unverified
HU54Shetland Islands, Scotland112016unverified
HU44Shetland Islands, Scotland12016unverified

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