spotted flycatcher

Two years ago Spotted Flycatchers didn't come back to our garden.

The Spotted Flycatcher is quite a widespread bird but has declined a lot in recent years.

In summer, spotted flycatchers intercept insects emerging from the tangle of vegetation beneath.

The Spotted Flycatcher is the specialist, and tends to return to the same perch after each sally.

It is similar in shape to the Spotted Flycatcher and has a loud melodic song.

Grey wagtails, swallows and spotted flycatchers are commonly seen.

It is similar in shape to the larger Spotted Flycatcher, but is relatively longer-tailed.

Recent dramatic population declines puts the Spotted Flycatcher high on the Red List.

She had already been measured and weighed, and found smaller and lighter than the pied or spotted flycatchers.

Typical behaviour of the spotted flycatcher - the sally forth, momentary hover, snatch at a fly and return.

Spotted Flycatchers hunt from conspicuous perches, making sallies after passing flying insects, and often returning to the same perch.

The brook is lined by sedges and water-cress, while breeding birds include yellowhammer and spotted flycatcher.

On the other side of the stream, against a background of creamy honeysuckle, a spotted flycatcher perched very upright, awaiting the unwary fly.

Birds on the reserve include Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker and Spotted Flycatcher.

Spotted Flycatcher also has a streaked forehead, a feature not shown by the African Dusky Flycatcher.

P. stellatum - spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)

In the wood look out for whinchats, redstarts and spotted flycatchers as well as evidence of deer and pine martens who live here.

The woodlands are home to Redstart, Great Spotted Woodpecker, and Spotted Flycatcher.

It provides habitat for birds such as the wren, greenfinch and spotted flycatcher, and butterflies including small tortoiseshell, peacock and speckled wood.

Trees include the uncommon wild service tree, and breeding birds include spotted flycatcher, lesser whitethroat, reed bunting and skylark.

The river now hosts a wide range of fauna e.g. otter, Daubenton's bats, kingfisher, spotted flycatcher and dipper.

Nuthatches like the old timber; spotted flycatchers the more open ground; and redwings and fieldfares the more open ground yet.

A similar pattern is seen in Great Britain, where there are but two flycatchers, the Spotted Flycatcher and the Pied Flycatcher.

This species is similar to the common migrant, the Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa striata, but is smaller and darker, especially on the underparts, than that species.