Stonechats

Stonechat chicks

I’m catching up this week with all the things I should have done months ago. One of them is to post this …

A trip to Trendlebere Down gives us a chance to photograph Stonechats. This female had just eaten a bee and was doing …

Ever since I discovered Stonechats and Charles Tunnicliffe’s portrait of them, I’ve wanted to reproduce his painting in a photograph. Here’s the …

Returning to a chatting Stonechat. They really do love the highest perches available.

2021 was another year spent on-hold, waiting with awful music playing, and the same repeated message, with no guarantee that I would …

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, which Stonechats …

I’m currently reading the third volume of the Ladybird Book of British Birds and their nests from the 1950s. Times have changed, …

The Stonechat is named after its call; a sound like two stones being banged together. I’ve really enjoyed my time with them …

In July I went walking with my son on Dartmoor and he took a rare portrait of me Walking the Hunters’ Path: …

I love Stonechats. I’ve spent a couple of very happy days with them: This time I’m just passing through and get a …

2019 has seen me explore Devon a little more. I’ve been out onto Emsworthy Mire on Dartmoor a few times to enjoy …

I’ve had a wonderful time watching the Stonechats on Trendlebere Down. I’ve spent a couple of afternoons with them, observing them at …

It’s a glorious day on Dartmoor. My favourite little characters are busy feeding and avoiding death by predator: This family of Stonechats …

If there’s an hour to spare I want to be with my new, adoptive family. There’s Mr Stonechat: And there’s Mrs Stonechat: …

Last April I was determined to spend some quality time with my local Stonechats and get some photographs while I was with …

I may have become slightly obsessed. I’ve just spent a couple of afternoons up on Trendlebere Down on the east of Dartmoor. …

I’ve seen Stonechats in Devon. They’re a bird I didn’t see as a child so they always appear exotic to me. It’s …

There’s the repeating sound of two stones being knocked together. There must be a Stonechat somewhere. It flies up to a wire …

There’s time for a walk around Dove Stone reservoir in Saddleworth. I love their mosaic signs: very stylish: This must be a …

A few days ago I went looking for Stonechats on Trendlebere Down and met this female: Stonechats on Trendlebere Down and Tunnicliffe’s …

There’s a female Stonechat, Saxicola torquata, on Trendlebere Down on Dartmoor. It’s flying to the highest perch in this low scrubland. It’s …

I’ve seen Stonechats before, most recently on Trendlebere Down in South Devon. They are very handsome birds, and their insistent habit of …

There’s a repetitive high-pitched knocking as if someone’s banging two stones together. It must be the aptly named Stonechat. There’s a pair …