Phylloscopus collybita

Chiffchaff - Summer visitor. Very similar to the Willow Warbler but with black legs. The call mainly tells them apart. Chiff-chaff chiff-chaff .... as the name suggests. Strangely they do not seem to sing in trees higher than around 5m. The female builds a domed nest with a side entrance, made from dead leaves and grass. Two to seven cream eggs with reddish-purple or blackish spots, are laid and incubated by the female for 13–14 days. The female cares for the young for about two weeks until they fledge. Taken in Allestree Derby, Ballinaglera and Portugal.