When do spotted flycatchers arrive in and leave the UK?

A summer visitor in the records: sightings rise sharply from early May, are near their peak by mid May, and fall away after mid October.

When do spotted flycatchers arrive in the UK?

In the GBIF records, UK sightings of the spotted flycatcher rise sharply from early May and are near their peak by mid May.

When do spotted flycatchers leave the UK?

UK sightings fall away after mid October.

Where do spotted flycatchers go in winter?

From December to February the strongest signal in the effort-adjusted GBIF records is around Botswana. The globe shows the whole winter range month by month.

Spotted flycatcher in the UK, month by month

Bars: this species’ share of all UK bird records in GBIF (CC0/CC BY 4.0 only), by month, scaled to the peak month. Based on 46,259 UK records (occurrence search API, country=GB, weekly). Dates come from sightings, not a survey, so treat them as a guide.

See the spotted flycatcher migration on the 3D globe →

About the spotted flycatcher

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Spotted flycatcher” (revision 1374217120), CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened at a sentence end. Winter/summer areas: country containing the monthly hotspot of effort-adjusted GBIF records, using Natural Earth boundaries (public domain).

Other UK summer visitors: see the full list with arrival and departure dates.