Bird school
• Brambling
• Blue tit
• Bullfinch
• Blackbird
• Barn swallow
• Bohemian waxwing
• Black woodpecker
• Black redstart
• Blackcap
• Chaffinch
• Chiffchaff
• Crow
• Coal tit
• Crested tit
• Common swift
• Common treecreeper
• Dunnock
• Fieldfare
• Greenfinch
• Goldfinch
• Greater woodpecker
• Garden warbler
• Great tit
• Green woodpecker
• House martin
• House sparrow
• Hawfinch
• Jackdaw
• Linnet
• Long-tailed tit
• Lesser whitethroat
• Lesser spotted woodpecker
• Marsh tit
• Magpie
• Mistle thrush
• Nightingale
• Nuthatch
• Pheasant
• Pied flycatcher
• Redpoll
• Rook
• Redstart
• Robin
• Spotted flycatcher
• Siskin
• Starling
• Song thrush
• Yellowhammer
• Winter wren
• Willow
• Tree sparrow
• Wood pigeon
• White wagtail
• Willow tit
• Whitethroat
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The chiffchaff(Phylloscopus collybita)
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| Length: |
11 cm |
| Breeding: |
April - June |
| Maximum age: |
7 years |
| Eggs and clutches: |
Incubation two weeks. Often two clutches. 4 - 7 eggs. |
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Did you know?
The chiffchaff comes in the early spring, usually April, and stays until October. It likes to sit and sing from a bare twig which lets its song be heard far way. The song, which can be heard from early spring to the autumn, is a repeated”chiff-chaff”, which is the most likely explanation for its name.
Sounds and song
The easiest way to pick out a chiffchaff is through its song. This can be heard from the middle of March and onwards. The bird’s call is also heard frequently.
Similar bird
Somewhat fainter colours than the willow wren, and generally darker legs.
Food and bird tables
Spiders, smaller insects, larvae and pupa.
The nest and hollows
Builds a nest out of moss, grass and leaves hidden in dense undergrowth on the ground.
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You can find birds here during the following seasons:
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During migration |
All year round |
Winter |
Summer |
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