nice suprise.(spotted flycatcher)

[scottthehat]

got home after the river walk with my kids to find a pair of spotted flycatchers sitting in my tree not the best shots,iso1600 slow shutter speeds at 500mm, but im happy.

 

[nigpd]

Nice find at the end of the walk. Well caught

 

[erding]

Good spot and nicely captured.

 

[elvis]

What a great looking little bird and well captured too.

 

[scottthehat]

thanks nigel, tom and elvis, there a rare site so i have been told.

 

[scottthehat]

 

[Martyn...]

Nice one to catch a shot of Scott, I like those

 

[DaiTheDragon]

I would be very happy with these seeing that I havn't got any.

Dai

 

[mark richards]

very nice, QUICK!! get some nesting boxes out...mark

 

[Venomator]

very nice, QUICK!! get some nesting boxes out...mark

Excellent images and lucky siting... ...they are increasingly less common unfortunately... :shrug:


They will use the half-open fronted types that Robins prefer but are very capable nest builders and have used hanging baskets and vines against houses regularly...

 

[Cuddy]

Excellent set,nicely set off by the dark green foliage

 

[james_death]

Great Capture,
Must have heard you were in the area and came for a private sitting.

 

[Duck_Pond]

1600 ISO off my camera would look like a mosaic! These turned out very well.

 

[Yv]

Excellent images and lucky siting... ...they are increasingly less common unfortunately... :shrug:


They will use the half-open fronted types that Robins prefer but are very capable nest builders and have used hanging baskets and vines against houses regularly...

Agreed, a couple of years ago I captured a pair with a nest at an Abbey in Nth Yorkshire [I was so pleased to come on here and announce I had got a pair of Dunnocks :bonk: ] and it really was perched inside a hole in the brickwork, very open fronted, so the robin style boxes should suit them fine.

Lovely shots btw and very pretty birds

 

[scottthehat]

thanks for all the comments everyone, i have a selction of boxes up around in different trees, just have to wait and see now.

 

[kaz10]

like the way they are in the habitat Scott nice pics i have only ever seen one very briefly

 

[scottthehat]

like the way they are in the habitat Scott nice pics i have only ever seen one very briefly

thanks kaz it was my first, i have only been into birding since i moved in to my new house just over a year ago, and saw birds that i had never seen(goldcrests goldfinches jays. ) i get a very good selection(very lucky)