Create grass margins around arable fields to increase food and nesting habitat for yellowhammers. A mix of tussocky grass margins and flower-rich margins is ...

Most yellowhammer nests were found near AES habitats, with wild bird seed mix habitats having the biggest impact on breeding success. Magpie densities and ...

Yellowhammer nesting and breeding habits. The Yellowhammer typically builds its nest on or very near the ground, and in a tuft of vegetation or close to, or ...

Yellowhammers use hedges or bushes as protected nesting sites. The nest is either constructed on or near the ground in dense vegetation. Females decide which ...

It can be found from the northern tip of Scotland to the most south westerly tip of Cornwall, and in Ireland. However, it is less prevalent in upland areas and ...

The yellowhammer is a sparrow-sized, bright yellow bird of woodland edges, hedgerows, heath and farmland that feeds on seeds and invertebrates. In the winter, ...

British farmland yellowhammers typically build their nests along field boundaries, either on the ground in ditches or grassy margins, or in hedges and isolated.

In optimum habitats they achieve densities of c.22 pairs per km2. They also breed on 'bushy' heaths and commons, particularly in areas with gorse scrub. Most ...

Habitat associations and breeding success of Yellowhammers on lowland farmland. J. Appl. Ecol. Brickle, N.W. 1997. The use of game cover and game feeders by.