Portuguese Stonechats

Passeriformes #2

Place: Barragem M. Carmona, eastern central Portugal
Date: 5 September 2018.

Place: Lagoas de Santo André e Sancha, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.

Place: Bordeira Beach, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.

Place: Castro Verde, inland south Portugal
Date: 13 September 2018.

[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European stonechat]

The sound of the stonechat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

Distribution and sightings of the common stonechat across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).