The chiffchaff is a small olive-brown warbler which flits through trees and shrubs catching insects and spiders with a distinctive wagging tail.
The Chiffchaff – facts
-Arrives: March
-Distance travelled: Around 1,600 miles/2,600 kilometres
-Eats: insects and spiders
-Where: lowland woodland, parks and large gardens
-Song/call: chiffchaffs say their name “chiff-chaff, chiff-chaff, chiff-chaff”
-UK conservation status: green
Protected by the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981
Dum Wood, Dogloitch Wood, the fields and hedges of Heybeck and Chidswell support the chiffchaff.
Let’s keep a home for the chiffchaff here!
Click here for more info about the chiffchaff to the RSPB website
(Facts from RSPB Notes on Nature March 2021)