Diaries of a Cheshire West Wildlife Watcher

 

A SONG FOR SPRING        This song is one of the first avian signs that spring has returned     A Chiffchaff taken at Winsford bottom flashes, Cheshire West ! A Stunning bird , which migrates to the uk in the spring has finally returned to the uk this week.With its unquie bird call .  The common chiffchaff, or simply the chiffchaff, is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds in open woodlands throughout northern and temperate Europe and the Palearctic. It is a migratory passerine which winters in southern and western Europe, southern Asia and north. It is a migratory passerine which winters in southern and western Europe, southern Asia and north Africa. Greenish-brown above and off-white below, it is named onomatopoeically for its simple chiff-chaff song. It has a number of subspecies, some of which are now treated as full species. The female builds a domed nest on or near the ground, and assumes most of the responsibility for broodin...