Chiffchaffs usually arrive in March, ahead of many other migrants, but this year’s rotten spring has delayed them Many birds are called after the sound they make, but few sing their name quite so ...

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Although known as one of the classic ‘little brown jobs’, the humble chiffchaff is actually a real party animal and shouldn’t be dismissed lightly despite its drabness and diminutive size. First to ...

A chiffchaff is about 10-11 centimetres long with a wingspan of 17-18 centimetres. They are a common breeding species here on woodland, farmland, and in gardens in Spring, Summer and Autumn. A ...

Creedy Valley, Devon: For 10 minutes it was just the two of us: me at my desk, the bird exploring with purring wings A ruffled vibration, like running a thumb across the pages of a book, comes from ...

Paulo Catry, Miguel Lecoq, António Araújo, Greg Conway, Marcial Felgueiras, J. Michael B. King, Stephen Rumsey, Hamidi Salima and Paulo Tenreiro Differential migration is a widespread, but poorly ...

The spring migration of wild birds is in full swing and one of the migrants arriving in Ireland at present from the Mediterranean basin is the Chiffchaff, a small, brown, sparrow-sized bird. Though it ...

One or two unusual chiffchaffs have been singing across England and Wales during the past week, including one in South Yorkshire. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can ...

AFTER the warmest February on record, March was balmy enough to entice many men who should know better, myself included, to wander out wearing summer shorts. But then April kicked in. The second the ...

Never mind the forecast - look at the chiffchaff indicator. The movements of one of Britain's smallest birds confirm this is the best spring for several years. The tiny olive-green warbler migrates to ...