Male Stonechat

Very handsome!!!! Beautiful brown colors.

Handsome little fellow! Great capture! Until very recently I thought these were summer visitors because I'd only ever seen them in spring or summer. In common with a lot of others, during lockdown I've been out walking much more and I've been photographing them on local farmland all through the winter.

really nice capture, love the colours!

DJRWhittle said:

Handsome little fellow! Great capture! Until very recently I thought these were summer visitors because I'd only ever seen them in spring or summer. In common with a lot of others, during lockdown I've been out walking much more and I've been photographing them on local farmland all through the winter.

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HI DJR Whittle,

I was under the impression they tend to head for coastal areas, where it's a bit warmer, during the winter; but apart from that most spend winter in Britain. Perhaps recent mild winters have led to them changing their habits, but they certainly will have felt this one. I head to the coast every now and again because I like to see them and I'm always pleased to see they're surviving the winter, although I didn't see the female today and usually they're joined at the hip: hopefully she was around somewhere.

A lovely frontal close-up view of this cute Stonechat. Well done Paul!

Very nice!

Lovely shot of this Stonechat Paul, tfs.