Several Common Stonechat were seen on the marshes perched on grasses and other plants. The plants were waving in the breeze and this made focusing on such a small bird very difficult. This is an adult female Common Stonechat in non-breeding plumage standing on a thistle.
Country: UK
Location: Oare Marshes, Kent
Family: Chats, Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Species: European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Date taken: 09/12/2015