Author Topic: Chiff chaff (Read 3422 times)

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!

Fleecewife · « **Reply #1 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.

Possum · « **Reply #2 on:** March 26, 2015, 08:34:55 pm »

What does it sound like?

Fleecewife · « **Reply #3 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.

GSH · « **Reply #4 on:** March 27, 2015, 11:44:08 am »

Quote from: Possum on March 26, 2015, 08:34:55 pm

What does it sound like?

It sounds like "chiff chaff, chiff chaff, chiff chaff".........no honestly

Heard the first one in the garden this morning

Fleecewife · « **Reply #5 on:** March 27, 2015, 11:59:49 am »

Quote from: GSH on March 27, 2015, 11:44:08 am

Quote from: Possum on March 26, 2015, 08:34:55 pm
What does it sound like?

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

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.