Whilst down at Felbrigg Lake today photographing the Mandarins, my attention was drawn to a very quiet call as a bird flew onto a bare tree only a few feet in front of me, and to my surprise and delight it was a Spotted Flycatcher, a bird that has become very scarce in recent years and which I rarely encounter in spring around the patch. It then spent the next hour or so feeding from the tops of the trees along the south side of the lake, singing on occasions.
