Oscar writes: this Spotted Flycatcher turned up one day at Minsmere over the Spring in the bushes behind East Hide. I don’t see them much down at home in London so was pleased to be able to get a few images of one here. It was catching flies in the scrub and fortunately this…
Tag: spotted flycatcher
Gone twitching – not really
At the weekend I went on a twitch, looking for a rare bird – except it is just a rarer bird rather than a really rare one. I realised that I didn’t see a spotted flycatcher last year, partly because I was looking at mountain bluebirds instead, and I hadn’t seen one yet this year…
A slightly dull report
Yesterday’s blog considered an interesting report by gamekeepers about the state of the countryside and today’s blog is about a slightly dull report by the BTO, RSPB and the JNCC about the state of breeding bird populations in the countryside. Yesterday’s report was based on a questionnaire survey whereas this one is based on tens…