David Tipling / Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) in song North Norfolk, England, UK. May

Richard Du Toit / Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Andy Sands / Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) perched with fly prey, Upper Teesdale, County Durham, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) perched with Blue bottle fly prey, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) perched with Blue bottle fly prey, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) perched on stone wall, Upper Teesdale, County Durham, England, UK, June

Jussi Murtosaari / Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata), Finland, May.

Kim Taylor / Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) perched on stone owl. Surrey, England, June.

Nick Upton / Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) feeding a chick which has just left its nestbox with a solitary bee, Cornwall, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) feeding a solitary bee to its chick which has just left the nestbox, Cornwall, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) perched in a Hawthorn tree (Crataegus sp.) with a Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) and another insect it has caught in its beak, Cornwall, UK, June.

Sam Hobson / Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) at nest in wall, with chicks. Herefordshire, UK. June