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Pied flycatcher
The pied flycatcher arrives in the UK in late April and leaves again in September, spending the winter in tropical Africa. It is a small flycatcher with a round head, short tail, and long wings. The male has black upperparts and white underparts with a white patch on its wing, and one or two small white patches on its forehead. The female has brown upperparts and buff upperparts, dark wings, and a smaller wing patch.
It is agile in flight, hovering over bushes picking berries or catching insects, and it will also hunt from the ground. Its song is a short, staccato whistle while its call is a repetitive, sharp ‘tic tic’.
During breeding season it can be spotted in oak woods, parks, and gardens and during migration look out for it near the coast. It nests in holes in trees and will also make use of nest boxes. Pied flycatchers produce 1 brood a season. Juveniles can be seen from May.
The pied flycatcher arrives in the UK in late April and leaves again in September, spending the winter in tropical Africa. It is a small flycatcher with a round head, short tail, and long wings. The male has black upperparts and white underparts with a white patch on its wing, and one or two small white patches on its forehead. The female has brown upperparts and buff upperparts, dark wings, and a smaller wing patch.
It is agile in flight, hovering over bushes picking berries or catching insects, and it will also hunt from the ground. Its song is a short, staccato whistle while its call is a repetitive, sharp ‘tic tic’.
During breeding season it can be spotted in oak woods, parks, and gardens and during migration look out for it near the coast. It nests in holes in trees and will also make use of nest boxes. Pied flycatchers produce 1 brood a season. Juveniles can be seen from May.
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05 June 2022
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