Short abstract from the book: The corn bunting is a common breeding bird in Denmark
with the highest abundance in north and west Jutland. In
Denmark the first corn bunting was ringed in 1921, with
most ringed in the second half of the 1960s. Two of 17 recovered birds were ringed as chicks, the rest were ringed in
December–February. No foreign birds have been recovered in
Denmark. The recoveries indicate that corn buntings are very
sedentary. Only three birds were recovered more than 5 km
from the ringing site. The corn buntings often stay close to the
breeding site year round. The mean distance travelled for eight
birds ringed during winter and recovered in April–August
was 6 km (0–34 km). The mean distance between wintering
sites in subsequent years was only 1 km (0–10 km, n=7).
Read more about the species in the chapter from The Danish Bird Migration Atlashere
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