Friday, 24 May 2019

Possible Iberian Chiffchaff at Pantmaenog Forest (Rosebush)

Lewis James has recorded an interesting Chiffchaff singing at Pantmaenog Forest today which sounds very good for Iberian Chiffchaff.  The grid reference for the bird is SN084308 (map here: https://goo.gl/maps/FXVcE8fbTGsg5QdL8).

The bird has been giving classic IC song around 70% of the time, but has been 'mixing it up a bit' (my words!), but having read both the Collins Bird Guide & the Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds (Volume 1) variations of the classic chiff chiff chiff chiff chiff te-te-te-te swee swee swee are quite common, especially switching the last two parts or missing either of them altogether.

Clearly worth a look....