Chatting
Returning to a chatting Stonechat.
They really do love the highest perches available.
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A Stonechat consolation prize I don't normally 'twitch' for birds. If there's a rarity somewhere I'll usually go about my business as normal, without… read more
Sunbathing Stonechat Sunbathing is appealing to birds. This stonechat is lapping up the sunshine here on Dartmoor. It could be sunbathing because… read more
My favourite fledglings A trip to Dartmoor at this time of year is a great opportunity to see Stonechat fledglings. They're slightly uncoordinated… read more
Stonechat chicks I'm catching up this week with all the things I should have done months ago. One of them is to… read more
The Pole Jumper A trip to Trendlebere Down gives us a chance to photograph Stonechats. This female had just eaten a bee and… read more
Recreating Tunnicliffe’s Stonechats Ever since I discovered Stonechats and Charles Tunnicliffe's portrait of them, I've wanted to reproduce his painting in a photograph.… read more
2021 highlights of a wilder Italian life 2021 was another year spent on-hold, waiting with awful music playing, and the same repeated message, with no guarantee that… read more
Jump-on-a-Pole There's a Saltimpalo in this area of greenery in Rome. That's the Italian name for the Stonechat. Saltimpalo means Jump-on-a-Pole,… read more
The Third Ladybird Book of British Birds – #14 The Stonechat I’m currently reading the third volume of the Ladybird Book of British Birds and their nests from the 1950s. Times… read more