The Yellowhammer is a ground nester that does not use nest boxes.
Location: the nest is placed on or near the ground, well hidden in a tussock of grass, a field margin or low in a bush.
Building: the female builds the nest of grass stems and rootlets.
Eggs: 3–5 eggs with characteristic fine, dark "scribble lines"; often two broods per season.
Lining: the inside of the nest is lined with horsehair and fine grasses, and the scribbled eggs gave the Yellowhammer the older folk name "skrivarfågel" (the scribe bird) in Swedish, because the pattern is reminiscent of pen strokes.