#Stonechat

[sylvanitchi]

the stonechat for birbfest 2025! carbon ink & sailor fude dip pen with watercolor on 80g rhodia paper

[scottpartridge]

The Stonechat is day 6 of #birbfest2025 hosted by @monkeymintaka

[vuelode-irbis]

Stonechat for day 6

[ID: digital illustration of a pair of stonechats, male and female, perched in a twig with lichens. The female is above the male, both are perched towards the right side but are looking to the left. End ID]

I forgot their very funny scientific name but I think it looks fine without it.

[aisphotostuff]

European stonechat Sussex by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: Stonechat Saxicola rubicola..The stonechat is named for its call, which sounds just like two small stones being hit together! It can be seen on heathland and boggy habitats.

[digitalisdog]

Some bird characters I designed :) only the long tailed tit has a name, she's called Lollypop!

[besidethepath]

The Stonechat is actually a migratory bird, but at least this Stonechat has stayed here until now.

[proton-wobbler]

Great Backyard Bird Off - Europe (poll 1)

Bird Info & Submission Reasons

European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)

"Super recognizable species especially the males with the orange breast and white collar. Love seeing them perched along fences they just look great."

"his colours"

"Other than being a very cute bird, in Italian it's called a pole-hopper (saltimpalo) because it jumps from pole to pole while hunting!"

Found in: Europe, but also northern Africa and the Middle East.

Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes Caeruleus)

"It's a small round blue floofy ball, what's not to like?"

"I am obsessed with their little bandit masks"

"It's a cute and quirky bird that delights me whenever I see it. They're so smart."

"because they are cute and not quite as common as great tits"

"I think they’re cool and also the name is funny :P"

"My cat loves watching them from the window"

"because they look lovely and are super small and cute, whenever I get one on my window sill I stop dead in my tracks to watch it before it flies off. usually the highlight of my day (moreso than pigeons, sorry mates i still love you)"

"One of the most common birds that you see in your backyard. Pretty colours. Pretty cheeky. The ones in our backyard always (try to) fight the Common blackbirds (Turdus merula) over the sunflower seeds. Cute and small."

"Listen. We all love great tits. But blue tits just look cooler (they're blue!)"

"they are always in our garden, they are so cute together with sparrows and other friends"

"In addition to having a silly name, these little guys are adorable and can have a hilarious amount of attitude. They are clever and can pass on learnt behavior to others, for example in Britain, they learned to open milk bottles to get at the cream and showed others to do so too."

Found in: Europe, and western Asia

Image Sources: Tit (Yeray Seminario), Stonechat (Daniel Pettersson)

[starskynder]

Stonechat #birbfest day 6.

[herpsandbirds]

Madagascar Stonechat (Saxicola sibilla), male, family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes, Andasibe, Madagascar

photograph by Charles J. Sharp

[tbalderdash-art-blog]

Bit windy out there

[blogbirdfeather]

Stonechat - Cartaxo-comum (Saxicola rubicola): male

Vila Franca de Xira/Portugal (28/01/2025)

[NIkon D500; AF-S Nikkor 600mm F/4E FL ED VR]

[donderkop]

Birbfest day 6 Stonechat

Such a cutie

[kavohh707]

2024 - Bird year in review - part 1.

The first part definitely belongs to my journey to Portugal. It was my first real holiday since the pandemic and it was wonderful. First, Portugal is always wonderful, I just love the people, the landscape, the vibe and of course the birds.

There were so many nice nature reserves, many bird hides (meeting other nice birders in those bird hides). I didn't see everything I wanted to see, but had many great experiences. The weather was nearly too good for bird photography (too sunny), but I managed to take over 3500 pictures anyway. Sorting through them took really long.

The highlights:

Seeing birds of the corvid family like the rare red-billed chough and the really not rare iberian magpies (who were a constant present in the garden of one of my accommodations).

My first osprey, not the first I've seen, but the first I've managed to photograph, my definitely first glossy ibis and first western swamphen and of course my first ever hoopoe, which I really wanted to see.

The many cute song birds like the corn buntings, the stonechats, the black redstart and many more.

And of course all the birds on long legs wading through shallow water: the spoonbills, the turnstones, common ringed plovers and of course the black-winged stilts, the flamingos and the western cattle egrets and so many more.

Overall, it was a joy to visit Portugal. Besides the birds I am always happy to be near the ocean (the last picture is not the ocean but the Tejo river).

[best-bird-tournament]

Stonechat (Saxicola) - round 1, section 2

[dansnaturepictures]

15/03/2025-Beautiful panoramic views of the thriving farmland habitat at this precious nature reserve in some brilliant sunshine including bright yellow in flower gorse, a stunning Corn Bunting that we got excellent views of hearing one sing well too, sheep, some of the gorse and Roe Deers at Martin Down.

Other highlights included Red Kite, Kestrel, Stonechats, a surprise Little Egret sighting at this location, Mediterranean Gull heard, dandelion and dock leaves with Woodpigeon and daffodil good to see at home and Buzzard, primroses, snowdrops and daffodils good to see on the journey there and home.

[besidethepath]

The stonechat is an enthusiastic fence user. But sometimes a flower is enough