Whinchat/Stonechat? (Notts, UK) (1 Viewer)

[NKR2017]

From this morning, on farmland.

Closest ID I can get from my birding book is maybe a whinchat or stonechat?

(NB: The photos were taken a few hours apart in the same area, so may or may not be the same exact bird).

 

[RafaelMatias]

Both Whinchat. Very nice.

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello,
both are Whinchats. please note prominent supercilium, the right blotchy spotting to the breast and the right colours for this species. Many female-typed Stonechats wouldnt show such a contrasting uniform pale throat, but thts not a sure foolproof ID criteria

Edit: again to late, agree with Rafael

 

[NKR2017]

Thanks both and for the additional information Alexander.

(Given my birdwatching trips are limited to places I can get to by foot, I'm pretty pleased to have seen a new species!)

 

[Nutcracker]

(Given my birdwatching trips are limited to places I can get to by foot, I'm pretty pleased to have seen a new species!)

Excellent local patch tick, certainly! Last 2 weeks of August and the first week of September are the best time for them (tho' odd ones can be earlier, or later).


The on-foot limit for covid avoidance? Worth thinking about getting a bike, to extend your range a bit - that's how I get around :t: