After a summer spent walking sunken lanes and coastal footpaths while conducting the most recent national Cirl Bunting survey, it is difficult to imagine the absence of a bird so apparent in the fields and hedgerows of coastal south Devon.

After a summer spent walking sunken lanes and coastal footpaths while conducting the most recent national Cirl Bunting survey, it is difficult to imagine the absence of a bird so apparent in the fields and hedgerows of coastal south Devon.