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Smallholding => Wildlife => Topic started by: Possum on March 25, 2015, 05:55:09 pm

Title: Chiff chaff
Post by: Possum on March 25, 2015, 05:55:09 pm
I heard the first chiff chaff of the year this afternoon.Singing its heart out in an old apple tree. I've never heard one this early. So excited! :excited: :excited:
Title: Re: Chiff chaff
Post by: Fleecewife on March 25, 2015, 10:37:50 pm
Ooh how exciting.  We don't get chiff-chaffs here.  There is something I've not heard before singing away in a conifer, but I can't see it to work out what it is.
Title: Re: Chiff chaff
Post by: Possum on March 26, 2015, 08:34:55 pm
What does it sound like?
Title: Re: Chiff chaff
Post by: Fleecewife on March 26, 2015, 11:58:55 pm
Ummm - not like all the other birds, which I know we find around here.  I'll keep listening for it.  If only they did a reverse 'tweet of the day' on radio 4 I might be able to identify it from that.
Title: Re: Chiff chaff
Post by: GSH on March 27, 2015, 11:44:08 am
What does it sound like?


It sounds like "chiff chaff, chiff chaff, chiff chaff".........no honestly  :excited:  Heard the first one in the garden this morning  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Chiff chaff
Post by: Fleecewife on March 27, 2015, 11:59:49 am
What does it sound like?


It sounds like "chiff chaff, chiff chaff, chiff chaff".........no honestly  :excited:  Heard the first one in the garden this morning  :thumbsup:

I think Possum was asking what my mystery bird sounds like.  It's definitely not a chiff chaff, as I know that song, nor is a yellow hammer which sings 'a little bit of bread and no cheeeeese' incessantly.  We have a whole flock of those - lovely little birds.  I haven't heard my mystery guest for a few days, so maybe it was just passing through.
Title: Re: Chiff chaff
Post by: pgkevet on April 03, 2015, 12:54:23 pm
chiff chaff chuffed?
Title: Re: Chiff chaff
Post by: Possum on April 22, 2015, 04:01:00 pm
Definitely!!!