14-08-2017, 10:47 AM
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Hard to tell apart i your photo Tiff as they are so variable having seen both species being ringed you cant always tell by leg colour etc. However song is diagnostic but at this time of year if you see them in a bush Chiffchaff constantly bobs its tail downward while searching for food WW less so. My gut feeling thinks this is WW.
29-08-2017, 02:55 PM
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Willow warblers and chiffchaffs can be very hard to tell apart by sight alone (their songs are very different though). In my experience willow warblers tend to be slightly greener and yellower than chiffchaffs, which makes me think that this one is a willow warbler. There is a small wood close to where I live where both species can be seen and heard in the spring and early summer. They will be on the move now, getting ready to fly south for the winter.29-08-2017, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by WoollyBack
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Willow warblers and chiffchaffs can be very hard to tell apart by sight alone (their songs are very different though). In my experience willow warblers tend to be slightly greener and yellower than chiffchaffs, which makes me think that this one is a willow warbler. There is a small wood close to where I live where both species can be seen and heard in the spring and early summer. They will be on the move now, getting ready to fly south for the winter.
Welcome to the forum, are you from The Wirral?
29-08-2017, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by WoollyBack
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Willow warblers and chiffchaffs can be very hard to tell apart by sight alone (their songs are very different though). In my experience willow warblers tend to be slightly greener and yellower than chiffchaffs, which makes me think that this one is a willow warbler. There is a small wood close to where I live where both species can be seen and heard in the spring and early summer. They will be on the move now, getting ready to fly south for the winter.
30-08-2017, 03:50 PM
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Tiffany, this may have been a fledgling. Many young ones spend quite a bit of time on the ground and appear to be dazed or injured especially when they first leave the nest. While it might have been tired, it was probably just fine. You did the right thing to move it out of harm's way and to otherwise let it go on its way.
30-08-2017, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Surfermom
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Tiffany, this may have been a fledgling. Many young ones spend quite a bit of time on the ground and appear to be dazed or injured especially when they first leave the nest. While it might have been tired, it was probably just fine. You did the right thing to move it out of harm's way and to otherwise let it go on its way.
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