Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

The spotted flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in most of Europe and in the Palearctic to Siberia, and is migratory, wintering in Africa and south western Asia. It is declining in parts of its range. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 606,629 times across 72 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 19°C (typically 16 to 23°C, from 35 areas).

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Europe ranged from 45°N in May to 58°N in June, about 1,500 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.