Blue rock thrush

Monticola solitarius Today, 3 October

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

now going about the year 148 days

going about the year Bird here all year

The whole year

1 October – 28 February

the coastal calendar, unshifted

Sitting the year outGetting readyYoung aboutYoung leaving

Where to look

Cliff faces, quarries and old fortress walls; sings from the highest available point.

Worth knowing

One of the few coastal songbirds that holds territory all winter, so the male you hear in March is the one that was there in December. Two broods in a good year, the second often in the same wall crevice.

Look it up

photos, sightings and recordings, off this site

iNaturalist — photos and where people are seeing it Wikipedia — Monticola solitarius xeno-canto — recordings of the call

Regions

where this species is on the list

Dalmatian coastKvarner and IstriaVelebit and the DinaridesSlavonia and the Pannonian plainTukhlia, Ukrainian Carpathians

Phase by phase

dates as they fall in the region chosen above

Phase	When	Length	What it means
courting	1 March – 24 March	24 days	Song, display, fighting, scent-marking — pairs forming or reaffirming.
building	25 March – 14 April	21 days	Nest, burrow or den under construction, or being lined out.
on eggs	15 April – 4 May	20 days	Clutch laid and being incubated, or buried and left to the sun.
raising young	5 May – 31 May	27 days	Dependent young in the nest, den or burrow, being fed.
young have left	1 June – 31 July	61 days	Young out of the nest or den, but still fed and followed by the adults.
moulting	1 August – 30 September	61 days	Feathers or coat replaced. Many birds go quiet and hide while it happens.
going about the year	1 October – 28 February	151 days	Feeding, holding territory, doing nothing the calendar singles out.

Other birds in this region

Barn swallowCommon cuckooCommon nightingaleCommon ravenCommon swiftEurasian scops owlEuropean bee-eaterEuropean robinGreat spotted woodpeckerGreat titHoopoeSardinian warblerTawny owlYellow-legged gull

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