Notes on birds/wildlife from a nature enthusiast & photographer (copyright Peter Ransome)
Sunday, 26 April 2026
Iberian Chiff- Chaff at Westleton Heath
After work on Friday 17th April, I drove down to Westleton Heath parked in the car park. Some birders had parked just after me but there would have given Usain Bolt a good race as I thought I followed them out and they had completely disappeared disorienated I had great trouble finding the right location for the IBC, I tried the first metal swing gate (a swing gate was described in the rather vague directions) but it didn't look right. Fortunately Jane F. was able to literally direct me onto the right track, I walked up east along the road, hearing Nightingale from the roadside bushes and then found the wooden gate and the kissing gate beside it, so I walked directly south nearing the end of the southerly path at a crossroads heading either east or west, I took the path as directed west by some trees along the edge of a track and I immediately heard the song of the Iberian Chiff- Chaff. There were 3 trees in a line and the aforementioned birders were standing just south of the southernmost one looking in the tree but I couldn't see it at all. I walked over the short bracken area to join them but theree were off in Usain Bolt mode so there were no help whatsoever. Two other birders and a lady birder arrived and I saw a Warbler fly to the northern most tree. It was singing it was the fantastic Iberian Chiff- Chaff. With a supercilia yellower before the eye and thinner cream white after. It had a slight breast band and longer primaries. A Chiff- Chaff was also singing from this tree but I managed to get pictures of the super Iberian Chiff- Chaff too. I also heard Wood Lark and another call. PHOTOS TBA
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