Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.

At the beginning of the twentieth century Stonechats were common as breeding birds on the heaths and commons of Hertfordshire. They were however always rather local as nesting birds in North Hertfordshire, and had ceased breeding in the area by the late 1930s. They suffer badly in hard winters and the winter of 1916/17 had caused a major decline in their numbers.

The earliest record for Stevenage is of one seen on 15 March 1908.

They are regular winter visitors to Norton Green Tip and, are also seen there on spring and autumn migration. The most seen together there is four, two Males and two females seen between 29 September and 2 October 2018 and four on 17 February 2024. The most recent record is from 17 February 2024.

Other records:

One seen during the winter of 1961 at an unrecorded location.

A male at Symonds Green on 15 February 1974

One near the Bakery in Cartwright Road on 18 October 1981.

One at Aston on 27 February 1993.

A male on waste ground at Great Ashby Way on 9 March 2006; a female at Great Ashby on 15 October 2006; one near Aston End Lane between 25 November and 1 December 2007, and again on 27 January 2008.

Two first winter birds at Potters Spring on 23 February 2018; a pair near Astonbury on 8 March 2020; one at New Park Lane, Aston on 10 November 2020.

One at Aston End on 8 October 2022; one near Astonbury on 2 and 22 October 2023; three at Kitching Lane on 17 February 2024; a male and female at Aston End on 10 November 2024; one east of Great Ashby Park on 23 December 2024 and 4 January 2025; one east of Great Ashby Park on 28 September 2025; one at Potters Spring on 5 January 2026; four near Potters Spring on 6 February 2026.