Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

Common Chiffchaff photographed by Jess
RSPB Leighton Moss, Myers Farm, Storrs Lane, Silverdale, LA5 0SW, England · August 22, 2026
 Common Chiffchaff photographed by Jess
Skelmersdale · July 6, 2026

When to look

Reported most in April, across 4.3M open records.

Records by month. January, 171,725 records. February, 150,143 records. March, 395,856 records. April, 813,801 records. May, 738,558 records. June, 450,406 records. July, 242,061 records. August, 192,482 records. September, 397,885 records. October, 415,377 records. November, 200,054 records. December, 175,257 records.

Occurrence data from GBIF (incl. the eBird Observation Dataset, © Cornell Lab of Ornithology, CC BY 4.0). Descriptive, not predictive.

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