Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica

Very scarce passage migrant

· 1966 One, on 29^th – 30^th October (ARM).

· 1987 One, on 11^th June (RWGC).

· 1993 One, near ruined chapel, Blobbers Burn, 25^th September (JMD and TPD).

· 1996 One female, on 17^th June; another bird (age and sex uncertain) 24^th – 26^th June (SB, PC and ARM).

· 1998 One male, on 22^nd and 24^th May.

· 2001 One, Hametoun, on 27^th September (JMD, TPD, ARM, MAW).

· 2003 One, on 23^rd – 26^th September (ARM, HTM et al.).

· 2004 One 26^th May at Niggards (observer unknown), One on the 6^th June (SB, SCV) and a first Summer male on the 13^th June (GA, SB, CMcI, JR, SCV).

· 2006 !st W, Hametoun, 27^th September – 1^st October (NDW, RBW et al.) and another 1^st W, Ham, 30^th September – 2^nd October (NDW et al.).