Whinchat
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Rough grassland (summer).
Diet: Insects.
Best time to spot: Pale eye-stripe; passage commoner.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Caspian Stonechat · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- European StonechatCommon · Heathland
- Siberian Stonechat · Coastal scrub (vagrant)
- Stejneger's Stonechat · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- Common Grasshopper WarblerRare · Rough grassland
- Barn OwlUncommon · Rough grassland
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