Paul Longland
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Just returned from a holiday in the lake district and northern Pennines. Seemed that there were lots of spotted flycatchers around this year? As we don't get them here in Leics anymore, other than a few passage birds, I am probably not really a good judge but it appeared to me that it was a good year for them. Would be interested to know if this is the case or just my skewed perception. Despite spending some not inconsiderable time in the right habitat, I didn't glimpse a single Pied-fly but spotted were everywhere.