Bird Sighting
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicola · Muscicapidae (Chats and Old World Flycatchers)
01/01/2024 · Elton Hall Flash, Central area
- Date
- 01/01/2024
- Location
- Elton Hall Flash
- Recording area
- Central area
- Grid reference
- SJ 7246 5957
- Observer
- admin
- Notes
- Imported from 11-BirdList2024-2026-10-19.csv, line 150.
Grid reference: SJ 7246 5957 53.13262, -2.41300 Open in OpenStreetMap
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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