Bird school
• Brambling
• Blue tit
• Bullfinch
• Blackbird
• Barn swallow
• Bohemian waxwing
• Black woodpecker
• Black redstart
• Blackcap
• Chaffinch
• Chiffchaff
• Crow
• Coal tit
• Crested tit
• Common swift
• Common treecreeper
• Dunnock
• Fieldfare
• Greenfinch
• Goldfinch
• Greater woodpecker
• Garden warbler
• Great tit
• Green woodpecker
• House martin
• House sparrow
• Hawfinch
• Jackdaw
• Linnet
• Long-tailed tit
• Lesser whitethroat
• Lesser spotted woodpecker
• Marsh tit
• Magpie
• Mistle thrush
• Nightingale
• Nuthatch
• Pheasant
• Pied flycatcher
• Redpoll
• Rook
• Redstart
• Robin
• Spotted flycatcher
• Siskin
• Starling
• Song thrush
• Yellowhammer
• Winter wren
• Willow
• Tree sparrow
• Wood pigeon
• White wagtail
• Willow tit
• Whitethroat
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The spotted flycatcher
(Muscicapa striata)
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| Length: |
14 cm |
| Breeding: |
Beginning of June |
| Maximum age: |
11 years |
| Eggs and clutches: |
Incubation two weeks. 4 - 6 eggs. Sometimes two clutches. |
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Did you know?
Spotted flycatchers appreciate a bird bath in the garden. It will frequent the bath a lot, not only to drink but to take a proper bath.
Appearance
Somewhat larger than the other flycatchers with proportionally larger wings. The back is an even greyish brown except the crown with it’s lengthways stripes.
Similar bird
A mottled grey without white on the wings. The female blackcap has a reddish brown crown.
Sounds and song
Has a fine, thin call. The song is seldom heard.
Food and bird tables
Exclusively insects which is usually catches in flight.
The nest and hollows
Nests in a hollow.
The nest is built on a ledge with a clear view. Will also inhabit special nesting boxes that may be placed in trees or on buildings.
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You can find birds here during the following seasons:
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During migration |
All year round |
Winter |
Summer |
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