Bird Sighting
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicola · Muscicapidae (Chats and Old World Flycatchers)
Where Stonechat has been seen
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
Recent records
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.
Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 
Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 3.0 
Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY 2.0 
Bradai Mohammed El Amine, CC BY-SA 4.0 
Mikhail Myzgin, CC BY-SA 4.0 
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “European stonechat” by its contributors (introduction, may be shortened), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, with the photographer and licence under each one.