Jul 17th Stonechat a favourite bird

I love the stonechat. The male has beautiful colours and the sound they make like two small stones being hit together gives it its name. They normally sit on top of some gorse but I got a quick snap of this one on the ground. Just a couple of years ago the local RSPB put out a watch alert as they had almost disappeared from our area. This year they have been more frequent which is good news.

Stonechat