Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola)Where and when to see it in the UK
Vagrant · reporting peaks September · Old World Buntings · BOU category AE
Too few records to rate squares by month. Each marked square has at least one record; the table below gives the count and years.
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.
Yellow-breasted Bunting has been recorded in 15 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (1%) in records to 2026. Vagrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in September.
Conservation status: Critically Endangered (IUCN Red List, CR)
View on the IUCN Red ListRecords by 10 km square
| Square | Where | Records | Years | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS14 | Devon, England | 1 | 2023 | unverified |
| HU56 | Shetland Islands, Scotland | 3 | 2018 | unverified |
| HU67 | Sea, off Shetland Islands | 3 | 2017 | unverified |
| HZ27 | Shetland Islands, Scotland | 4 | 2003 to 2006 | unverified |
| TG14 | Norfolk, England | 1 | 2006 | unverified |
| HP61 | Shetland Islands, Scotland | 4 | 2001 to 2004 | unverified |
| HU31 | Shetland Islands, Scotland | 3 | 2000 to 2004 | unverified |
| SV81 | Isles of Scilly, England | 6 | 2000 to 2003 | unverified |
| SY66 | Dorset, England | 3 | 2003 | unverified |
| SY67 | Dorset, England | 1 | 2003 | unverified |
| SV80 | Sea, off Isles of Scilly | 8 | 2001 | unverified |
| SV91 | Isles of Scilly, England | 1 | 2000 | unverified |
| NF19 | Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland | 1 | 2000 | unverified |
| NF09 | Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland | 1 | 2000 | unverified |
| NO60 | Fife, Scotland | 1 | 2000 | unverified |