So that, although but low and small in comparison with the copse-like hedges of the vale, the hawthorn here is often alive with birds: chaffinches and sparrows perhaps in the greatest numbers, also yellowhammers.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
yellowhammers haunt the cornfields principally, though they are not absent from the meadows.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
The Yellowhammer When shall I see the white-thorn leaves agen, And yellowhammers gathering the dry bents By the dyke side, on stilly moor or fen, Feathered with love and nature's good intents?
"Poems Chiefly From Manuscript"
John Clare