A group of Lapland Buntings have been wintering on the Norfolk coast, and as the Spring progressed have been getting closer to breeding plumage - something I have never seen in the UK before. With numbers now dwindling, and both of the remaining birds singing, it seemed time to pay a visit.
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Antarctica
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Atlantic Ocean
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Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
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Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
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Indian Ocean
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Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
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North America (includes the Caribbean)
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Northern oceans
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Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
