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Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Mar 2021
2:58pm, 25 Mar 2021
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Derby Tup
Chaff
J2R
J2R
Mar 2021
5:17pm, 25 Mar 2021
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J2R
DT, you've either seen/heard a chiffchaff, in which case, great, or you've gone insane, in which case not so great. Hope it's the former.

I was actually watching a chiffchaff this afternoon, as opposed to just hearing them.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Mar 2021
5:38pm, 25 Mar 2021
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Derby Tup
We went for a walk after lunch and heard a chiffchaff a couple of hundred yards from home. It was a really nice afternoon here; very spring like. Next up I guess is blackcap
J2R
J2R
Mar 2021
5:52pm, 25 Mar 2021
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Yes, lovely here too. I heard a couple of blackcaps today, as I did a couple of days ago, but as then, they were pretty subdued, doing a quieter song from deep within the thicket. It's as if they were not confident enough to give it the full blackcap yet.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Mar 2021
6:00pm, 25 Mar 2021
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Derby Tup
I’m sure chiffchaff take a bit of getting going on arrival. It’s like they’ve forgotten how to chiffchaff
Surelynot
Surelynot
Mar 2021
6:06pm, 25 Mar 2021
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Surelynot
It's like winter has returned here. I am envious of your Spring weather, DT
KinkyS
KinkyS
Mar 2021
7:15pm, 25 Mar 2021
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Chiff chaff chiff chaff chiff chaff chiff chaff!

That's all it did though and then stopped. Definitely not got properly going... probably confused by the combination of really warm sunshine and bloomin' nippy wind!

Also 3 dippers :-)
J2R
J2R
Mar 2021
7:33pm, 25 Mar 2021
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J2R
'My' chiffchaffs have fully mastered their (admittedly unchallenging) repertoire, it's the blackcaps which are currently a little coy.
phal
phal
Mar 2021
7:40pm, 25 Mar 2021
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phal
Hooray for Dippers!

Hooray for the spreading of the Chiffs!

Cold wind here too today 🥶
J2R
J2R
Mar 2021
7:44pm, 25 Mar 2021
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J2R
I'm looking forward to dippers in 3 months time, in Derbyshire. Until then I fear I will continue to live in a state of sad dipperlessness.

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