Chiffchaff Song and Contact Call 

I have wondered for years what this particular bird call was: always from small trees, went on for hours, and I couldn't see the bird. Now I know - the chiffchaff! Thanks!

Thanks John 1 UK, that repetitive whistle sound has been driving me nuts for a few weeks now and I have just been able to identify it from your video. Most grateful!!

I would always jokingly cuss when I heard that comical birdsong on my walks but have never been able to identify the bird source, until now.

Some to listen out for, many thanks. I find it hard to remember bird songs.

Wonderful video, many thanks! Wasn’t sure about the ‘contact call’, as I often spotted the bird when singing the characteristic and repetitive sequence ‘chiff-chaff’ and in other occasions only the monosyllabic contact call. Thought that might have been a different warbler. Now I know better!

Heard, but very hard to see with trees in full leaf, thanks.

Hai loài chim đó khá giống nhau hả bạn ? Rất xinh xắn dễ thương. Cả giọng hót ríu rít cũng rất đáng yêu . Cái mỏ nhỏ và hai mắt rất dễ thương . T thích những loài chim nhỏ . 🙂💖

Thanks for identifying the lesser known simple contact call which I thought was a baby ChiffChaff answering a parent.👍

hey, iam from central europe, and my chiffchaffs , i think they stay here during the winter too ...

I keep hearing them n it sounds like someone's Guinea pig got loose 😂

Thanks to your video I was able to identify the call I heard this morning, it was very close to me and got a glimpse of the bird through my binoculars.

Truly an nice movie, John. Beautifully filmed. Two months, then it's here again, singing. Kind regards, Knut.

Così piccolo e carino! 😍 Il suo canto riempie di gioia! 🎵🐦🎶

Oh my God, I love this bird! Only heard one cheeping away once last year, but it turned up this year (2023) on 31st March and have heard it every day.

I've been struggling to identify this birds call, the one starting 13 seconds in...I hadn't realised it was a chiffchaff🙄. Thank you so much.

This is a great video, thanks! However, I'm trying to identify by song a local bird here in Scotland. It's not a chiffchaff but is reminiscent of one. It's far less staccato, and has a swing to it, staying on a higher note for two beats, then back to a lower one for one beat, then repeating. Any ideas? Tentatively, it might be a coal tit - but the one I'm hearing is a slower song than the recordings of coal tits that I've found.

Fantastic informative video. Thank you.

I live in Germany and I am sure I hear this bird in autumn and winter-do some birds stay in Europe over winter?

Absolutely love the sound of chiffchaffs.

Very informative indeed