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Snow buntings are large buntings, with striking 'snowy' plumages. Males in summer have all white heads and underparts contrasting with a black mantle and wing tips. Females are a more mottled above. In autumn and winter birds develop a sandy/buff wash to their plumage and males have more mottled upperparts.

Globally, they breed around the arctic from Scandinavia to Alaska, Canada and Greenland and migrate south in winter. They are a scarce breeding species in the UK, in Scotland, making them an Amber List species. They are more widespread in winter in the north and east when residents are joined by continental birds.

They are listed under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act.

The snow bunting lives in very high latitudes in the Arctic tundra. There is no apparent limit to its northern range, while the southern range is limited by the duration of daylight, which influences their reproductive activity. This species is found in the high Arctic tundra of North America, Ellesmere Island, Iceland, higher mountains of Scotland, Norway, Russia, North Greenland, Siberia, Novaya Zemlya, and Franz Josef Land. During the winter, this bird migrates to the circumglobal northern temperate zone including the south of Canada, north of the United States, north of Germany, Poland, Ukraine, and east to central Asia. During the last ice age, the snow bunting was widespread throughout continental Europe.

During the breeding period the snow bunting looks for rocky habitats in the Arctic Since the vegetation in the tundra is low growing, this bird and its nestlings are exposed to predators, and in order to ensure the survival of its offspring, the snow bunting nests in cavities in order to protect the nestlings from any threat. During this period, buntings also look for a habitat rich in vegetation such as wet sedge meadows and areas rich in dryas and lichens. In the winter, they look for open habitats such as farms and fields where they feed on seeds in the ground.

Population:

UK breeding:

60 pairs

UK wintering:

10,000-15,000 birds

Snow land by Flemming Andersen

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Snow Day by Terry Pellmar

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let it Snow, let it Snow, let it Snow...2 by EUgenG_

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snow light by Frank Friedrich

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Spring snow by Chloé +++

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snowy day by MichaeLynn Borich

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Snow all Saturday morning so enjoyed a walkabout. . . too many blurry photos because of the blowing snow but caught a titmouse on a fence post sheltered by some walnut trees.

biesbosch by Mark Beyer

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biesbosch dordrecht, the netherlands

Fresh Snow by Philippe Sainte-Laudy

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After the snow by Dave Campbell

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Snow Shoe Hike by Werner

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I wish you all a wonderful weekend, my friends!

I took this photo on a snow shoe hike at Sudelfeld, an area that belongs to the Bavarian Alps. The light was just great at this afternoon...there is nothing better than combining two passions - hiking and photography...

Ich habe das Bild während einer Schneeschuhwanderung im Sudelfeld, in den Bayerischen Alpen, geschossen. Das Licht war großartig an diesem Nachmittag...es gibt doch nichts Schöneres als zwei Leidenschaften miteinander zu verbinden - Wandern und Fotografieren...

snow shoe hike

Snow can transform... by Theresa

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Snow can metamorphose an old structure into something of beauty,

Snow and Hail by Johan Konz

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After several weeks of not being able to go out and taking pictures I finally got the chance to do that. After two days of snowing I strolled around the area while avoiding the hail showers passing by. This is a picture of one of my favorite spots. Ilpendam, 2017.

Again, I would like to thank everyone for your support, views, faves and comments!

Snow in Teesdale by Benjamin Driver

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Back in December, before I knew that we would get some much snow, I went in search of a nice frozen landscape, which took me up to Teesdale. I got this one just as the sun began to set, and the light tinted the landscape in a warm glow.

Let it snow. by Edward Dullard Photography. Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Kilkenny City , Ireland.

There! by jurek d. (Jerzy Durczak)

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Snow ...... I should have stayed in bed. by Michele Sersch

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Groundhog

Snow by Berit Sundman

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Snow Scooter by Kynne Llewellyn

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