English: Yellowhammer, Yellow Bunting 
Russian: Обыкновенная овсянка        
Mongolian: Алтан хөмрөг
German: Goldammer     
French: Bruant jaune                   
Japanese: キアオジ (Ki-aoji)

Body length: 15 ½ -17cm.

Breeds commonly in farmland, in bushy areas, woodland edge and wooded pasture, in glades and clearings, on heats and coastal meadows. Predominantly resident, but many Scandinavian birds migrate Oct-mid Nov to North Sea countries, returning. Mar/Apr. Wary without being shy, usually flushes early; often gains height, perches high in tree or drops into thick bushes.

Identification: Long-tailed with unmarked red-brown rump and elements of yellow in plumage. Mantle /back olive-brown, heavily streaked black. Bill rather small, lower mandible light blue-grey. Much white on tail-corners, often seen I flight, when looks longer-tailed than e.g. Reed Bunting. Flight in long undulations and slightly jerky.

• ♂ summer: Almost entirely yellow head with just a few dark markings on crown-and head-sides. Saturated yellow below, with much olive-green and red-brown on breast and with flanks streaked red-brown.
  
• ♀ summer: Greyish-green, streaked crown, at times with a small yellow spot; grey-green head-side with no yellow. Underparts paler yellow, with greyish-black streaking on breast and flanks.
  
• Autumn: ♂ often told by intimation of deep yellow on head and underparts, and by olive-green and red-brown colour on breast. ♀ rather like ♀ summer.
  
• 1st winter ♀ often has almost wholly brown and streaked head and buff-white underparts with only faint yellow tinge; note: yellow on underparts can be hard to see in field – cf. Pine Bunting!