Gordano Valley, Bristol today chiffchaff (2 Viewers)

[cafe birder]

I had a dark brown Chiffchaff giving these calls during my butterfly transect walk today. Unable to get a picture but regular tail dipping. Presumably a standard collybita but I don't recall hearing these seeps and a sweeoo in spring before. Didnt sound insistent enough for Siberian to me , but I've been wrong many times brfore. Any other ideas gratefully received.

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

This one sounds very similar:

XC382600 Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

Anxious calling from adult (male?) with juveniles over a cat. A few short swe notes were heard from the juvs.

xeno-canto.org

It doesn't sound (or look on the sonogram) to be flat enough for tristis.

 

[Mark Lew1s]

While sweeoo seems to be most frequent in autumn, it’s not unheard of in spring. I’ve only listened on my phone (and not looked at a sonogram) but these calls sound like sweeoo types to me.

 

[Simon G]

Bumping to note I heard a Chiffchaff giving swee-oo type calls (very similar to the ones later in the above recording) on the Marlborough Downs this morning.