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Mar 2020
7:34pm, 2 Mar 2020
38,396 posts
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Derby Tup
J2R do chiffchaff overwinter where you are?
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Mar 2020
8:05pm, 2 Mar 2020
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J2R
I don't know of any, no, and I've never seen one here in the winter months (although I've heard them singing into October). It's Norfolk, and that can traditionally get quite cold in winter (although not this winter). I thought the overwintering birds were mainly on the south coast?
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Mar 2020
8:47pm, 2 Mar 2020
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KinkyS
There are at least two chiffchaffs at Titchwell atm (saw them a couple of weeks ago) - I assume they are overwintering birds.
I've not seen any dippers in their usual spots since Hebden Bridge flooded 
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Mar 2020
9:38pm, 2 Mar 2020
38,398 posts
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Derby Tup
They’ll be back Kinky. They’re like fish; they know where to go in times of flood
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Mar 2020
9:44pm, 2 Mar 2020
2,608 posts
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J2R
KinkyS, I didn't know about the Titchwell chiffchaffs. Maybe mine today was a lazy one which had hung around here over winter.
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Mar 2020
11:08pm, 2 Mar 2020
1,519 posts
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flyingfinn
Lol J2R, as they're Dunnocks they probably identify with whichever gender increases their chance of a conquest!
We have at least one over wintering Chiffchaff here at Carsington Reservoir on the southern edge of the Peak District National Park that has been increasingly vocal in the last couple of weeks.
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Mar 2020
8:29am, 3 Mar 2020
38,404 posts
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Derby Tup
Flock of around 20 whooper swans on Lower Laithe res near Stanbury (below Penistone Hill)
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Mar 2020
9:05am, 3 Mar 2020
2,637 posts
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phal
Two dunnock, two blackbirds and a blue tit in the garden this morning - that’s not too bad for us for a three minute watch 😂
Haven’t been to our local reserve for ages - it really suffers in wet weather and lots of the paths flood (impassably) to the hides... I think my binoculars are going rusty 😢
Kestrel on our walk this morning though, and plenty of woodpeckers drumming and a yaffle as well....
The dippers will be back Kinks 👍👍
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Mar 2020
9:13am, 3 Mar 2020
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steve45
"Real" Chiffchaff arrivals should be soon.
Nothing much seen lately but my usual Cettis singing well every day. Kingfisher calling as it flew down river this morning.
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Mar 2020
9:38am, 3 Mar 2020
38,405 posts
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Derby Tup
Around March 20 here for chiffs I would think steve
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