On the Red List: Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

The Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) also known as the Yellow Bunting is a bright yellow bird similar in size to the sparrow and is a year round resident in Britain. You can find them on farmland with hedgerows, bushy commons, heaths and the edges of woodland.

They feed mainly on the ground so their diet is corn, weed seeds,spiders, worms and wild fruits.  Interestingly, they appear to like blackberries which most birds won't touch.  Occasionally they are to be found in the garden but as a general rule they could not be classified as a garden bird.

you find their nests in the bottom of hedgerows or bushes made of straw and grass and moss lined and lay up to six eggs and have two to three broods.  However, there has been a severe decline in the yellowhammer population to such an extent that they have now been placed on the red list of endangered species.