Birdwatch: the chiffchaff, an early sign of spring, is 20 days late this year
by Stephen Moss from on (#3MDKM)
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 persistently as the chiffchaff. From mid-March onwards, I hear them at the bottom of my garden; and occasionally catch a glimpse of a tiny, olive-coloured bird flitting among the foliage, pumping its tail up and down as it sings.
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