Isabelline Wheatear
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Coastal turf (very rare).
Diet: Insects.
Best time to spot: Sandy plumage; upright stance.
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
- Pied Wheatear · Coastal turf (very rare)
- Desert Wheatear · Coastal turf (vagrant)
- Northern WheatearUncommon · Open uplands
- Black Wheatear · Rocky areas (extreme vagrant)
- Cyprus Pied Wheatear · Stony ground (extreme vagrant)
- Black-eared WheatearEpic · Stony Med hillsides
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