Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata

Fairly common passage migrant

Most records are in May, June and September.

The majority of records refer to single figures, although there are occasional very large falls, as on the 26^th May, 1968 when 40 birds were counted on the island! Unfortunately, due to the lack of coverage, there wasn’t a birder present on the island in 1992 to report on numbers during the largest ever spring passage – although, as there were 12 stragglers still present on the 1^st July, goodness knows how many were there from the 28^th – 31^st May! This July record was the first for Shetland at the time!