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    Taken at LWWT, not quite sure if it is a stonechat.
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    Yep, looks like a first winter male Joe.
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    Lovely naturally-muted colours, Joe! (I particularly like the last two pics!)

    I would have guessed Female Stonechat, Rolf, as I don't know what a first-winter male would look like.... How can you tell the difference?

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    This was the first time I'd seen one. It seems as if my guess was right, all we have to now is decide the sex.

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    Just been back to the reference material, I think Catherine is right in it being a female, a first winter one, as the throat is not fully dark yet, in fact it is unusually pale, looks more like the Canary Islands version.
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    Yes. The male has a very dark head
    Here is a pair, These are on the site some where in in Yateley blog or similar

    The male is much darker in the summer
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