The Corn Bunting is quite a plain-looking bird compared to its relative the Cirl Bunting. It can be found in the east and south of England on farmlands, in the open country and also on weedy wastelands. The Corn Bunting can be recognised in flight because it just lets its legs dangle in the air.

The Corn Bunting is a brown-feathered bird that has a cream-coloured breast streaked with lots of dark brown lines. Its throat is plain cream with no streaks or markings. The Corn Bunting has a light brown cone-shaped beak and two prominent black eyes.

Corn Buntings can often be seen perching on posts, wires and hedgerows where they sing songs. When a Corn Bunting sings, it throws its head back and opens its beak quite wide. The most common song of this bird has a jangling metallic sound to it. It sounds like somebody is literally jangling keys in the air. Corn Buntings also spend a lot of time on the ground looking for seeds, beetles and caterpillars.