Bird Sighting
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicola · Muscicapidae (Chats and Old World Flycatchers)
02/01/2021 · Rosemary's Flood, Central area
- Date
- 02/01/2021
- Location
- Rosemary's Flood
- Recording area
- Central area
- Grid reference
- SJ 7238 5956
- Observer
- admin
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Stonechat in our records
- Records
- 6
- First recorded
- 02/01/2021
- Last recorded
- 04/01/2026
- Places
- Maw Green Tip, Elton Hall Flash, Rosemary's Flood
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About the Stonechat
The European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a subspecies of the common stonechat. Long considered a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, genetic evidence has placed it and its relatives in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It is found across Europe, as far east as Ukraine and the South Caucasus, and in parts of North Africa.
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