Quick sally
As a child I saw a Spotted Flycatcher. I was thrilled and went back home determined to draw it from memory. I …
Searching for Spotted Flycatchers
Today I’m determined to get some decent photographs of Spotted Flycatchers. We’re on Capri for a few days and I have a …
Honey Buzzard, Gecko, Spotted Flycatchers and cornetti
It’s early morning when I look out of our hotel window in Capri and see a raptor above the trees. I grab …
Spotted Flycatcher
I know that bird! Without even seeing it properly, I know its behaviour. It’s a Spotted Flycatcher: It’s hidden behind a largish …
A Spotted Flycatcher – forty years ago in my nature notebooks
We’re driving round Italy with telephoto lenses and the windows down. There’s a tiny brown bird on a branch beside us. It’s …