Chiff Chaff
There’s a small bird in the trees. It looks green in this light. It’s fluttering in exaggerated hunting trips as it launches itself from the trees and catches insects so small I can’t see them.
![Chiffchaff - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aller-Brook-The-Hall-of-Einar-9-725x484.jpg)
With dark legs like that it looks like it’s a Chiffchaff.
![Chiffchaff - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aller-Brook-The-Hall-of-Einar-5843-725x408.jpg)
It’s not making any sounds as it hunts, but given the state of this burgeoning blossom I think the call of baby Chiffchaffs can’t be many weeks away.
![Chiffchaff - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aller-Brook-The-Hall-of-Einar-10-725x483.jpg)
I’m looking forward to an influx of more birds from Africa. The RSPB says there are 1.2 million Chiffchaff territories in the UK, but only 500 to 1,000 stay here for winter.
![Chiffchaff - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aller-Brook-The-Hall-of-Einar-5823-725x483.jpg)
This one is a brave pioneer, clinging on in the microclimate of South Devon. It’s a survivor.
More Chiffchaffs
![Chiffchaff - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Chiffchaff-The-Hall-of-Einar--240x300.jpg)
![Chiffchaff - The Hall of Einar - photograph (C) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Chiffchaff-The-Hall-of-Einar-17-300x300.jpg)
![Chiffchaff - The Hall of Einar - photograph (C) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Chiffchaff-The-Hall-of-Einar-9-200x300.jpg)
![Chiffchaff - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Chiffchaff-The-Hall-of-Einar-4-300x200.jpg)
![Chiffchaff - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/River-Teign-The-Hall-of-Einar-6-300x200.jpg)
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![Chiffchaff - Caffarella - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Caffarella-The-Hall-of-Einar-9380-300x200.jpg)
![Kestrel - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Kestrel-The-Hall-of-Einar-9353-300x200.jpg)