Photographs were posted on a regular birding forum of what appeared to be an unusual plumaged ficedula “Black & White” Flycatcher. It clearly looked, from the photos posted, that this was not an ordinary Pied Flycatcher f. hypoleuca. More eminent birders than myself were muting that it could be an Atlas Flycatcher (A potential first record for Britain) or a “Hybrid”. Watching with interest, discussions were leaning towards the bird being a possible Atlas Flycatcher. The Black & White range of ficedula flycatchers are notoriously difficult to identify,especially when they are females, immatures or, as in this […]
May 022012