Stephen Dunstan
Registered User
This afternoon I was birding the coast between Blackpool and St Annes, hoping for a few migrants. At Starr Hills a male Stonechat flew onto a bush fairly close by, and being a typical Stonechat allowed fairly close approach. Given the Stonechat passage in these parts was largely over more than three weeks ago, and a Red-rumped Swallow appeared five miles away this morning, I gave him more attention than I would have otherwise and was struck by just how pale (vaguely reminiscent of Sibe Stonechat) he was on the chest. A few years ago the Lancs Bird Report published a record of male rubicola at Marshside, which is only just across the estuary from St Annes.
Any thoughts? I would imagine most counties wouldn't even assess Stonechat races other than eastern birds. Anybody at west coast sites still getting passage birds, and what do they look like?
Stephen.
Any thoughts? I would imagine most counties wouldn't even assess Stonechat races other than eastern birds. Anybody at west coast sites still getting passage birds, and what do they look like?
Stephen.