Spotted Flycatcher
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Mature gardens, woodland (summer).
Diet: Flying insects.
Best time to spot: Sallies from perch; declining.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in UK garden birds.
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Similar birds
- Asian Brown Flycatcher · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- Brown Flycatcher · Coastal scrub (very rare vagrant)
- Wood WarblerUncommon · Mature oak/beech woodland (summer)
- European Honey BuzzardRare · Mature woodland (summer)
- Garden WarblerUncommon · Scrub
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerUncommon · Woodland
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