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European Stonechat
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Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Heathland, gorse, coast.
Diet: Insects.
Best time to spot: Pebble-clicking call.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
How rare is it?
The European Stonechat sits in our Common tier for the UK: one of the birds you can expect on most days out in the right habitat. It is not on the Red or Amber lists in Birds of Conservation Concern 5.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Caspian StonechatEpic · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- Siberian StonechatRare · Coastal scrub (vagrant)
- Stejneger's StonechatEpic · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- WhinchatUncommon · Rough grassland (summer)
- Common GullCommon · Reservoirs
- Common LinnetCommon · Heaths
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