Bird Sighting
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe · Muscicapidae (Chats and Old World Flycatchers)
13/04/2026 · Maw Green Tip, South area
- Date
- 13/04/2026
- Location
- Maw Green Tip
- Recording area
- South area
- Grid reference
- SJ 7175 5764
- Observer
- admin
Grid reference: SJ 7175 5764 53.11523, -2.42344 Open in OpenStreetMap
Wheatear in our records
- Records
- 6
- First recorded
- 10/04/2021
- Last recorded
- 13/04/2026
- Places
- Maw Green Tip, Hancock's Flood, Pump House Flash
Other recent records
About the Wheatear
The northern wheatear or wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is the most widespread member of the wheatear genus Oenanthe in Europe and North and Central Asia. The northern wheatear is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in open stony country in Europe and east across the Palearctic with footholds in northeastern Canada and Greenland as well as in northwestern Canada and Alaska. It nests in rock crevices and rabbit burrows. All birds spend most of their winter in Africa.
- Conservation status (IUCN)
- Least Concern
- Wingspan
- 28.0 cm
Andreas Trepte, CC BY-SA 2.5 
Foto: Jonn Leffmann, CC BY 3.0 
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Andreas Trepte, CC BY-SA 2.5
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